News this week: The NSW Government of Australia has announced
the appointment of Pages Hire and Echo Entertainment Group to construct and operate the temporary
exhibition venue Glebe Island Expo. The temporary venue will host displaced
trade and consumer exhibitions during the three years needed to refurbish the Sydney
Convention and Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour. The venue will reportedly be known as Sydney
Harbour Expo at Glebe Island.
Preliminary
specifications released by Glebe Island Expo indicate the venue will provide a
fully enclosed marquee-style structure of 25,000 m2 for exhibitions.
The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) praised Pages Hire’s proven ability
to deliver quality temporary infrastructure for major events, while utilising
locally designed and constructed structures in Sydney.
Joyce DiMascio, general
manager of EEAA, was quoted, “The announcement today means the exhibition
industry can now get on with planning their events and importantly, ensuring
that the thousands of businesses that have been exhibiting at Darling Harbour
will have a new home between 2013 and 2016. It will be important to work with
the NSW Government agencies – like Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and
Business Events Sydney to market the site and ensure visitors know how to get
to the relocated events.”
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