News this week: The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) celebrated its 10th year in operation by setting a
new record in 2014. During the year, a total of 1,759 events were held at the
venue attracting more than 1.97 million delegates. The number of events
increased from 1,565 in 2013, while delegates were up from the 1.96 million
recorded in 2013.
According to KLCC,
the Entertainment segment grew the most by 40%, followed by the TenOnCall
segment’s 14% increase, the Banqueting & Functions segment and Exhibitions
segment both rose by 9%. Since its opening in June 2005, KLCC has reportedly
served more than 17.6 million visitors through the hosting of 9,969 events, and
contributed RM 5.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) in economic impact towards the
Malaysian economy.
In 2015, KLCC will
host a number of high-profile events, including the ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting 2015, Global
Food Safety Conference 2015,
18th Human Genome Meeting 2015, Global Round World Scholar Cup 2015, International
Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) 2015, Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific
Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) 2015, Congress
of the International Society for Hemodialysis (ISHD) 2015, Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology 2015; and Asean
Federation of Endocrine Society (AFES) 2015.
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