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Earthcheck reaffirms Adelaide Convention Centre's Green Leadership

The Adelaide Convention Centre has achieved EarthCheck Certification for the third year running and reaffirmed its green leadership status.

The Adelaide Convention Centre’s (ACC) is EarthCheck Certified Silver, making it one of the country’s greenest convention and meetings venues under the global environmental program....

Adelaide Convention Centre Achieves $1 Billion

The Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) is celebrating more than $1 billion in economic benefit to South Australia since its opening in 1987, at the same time as it has announced a record year in the Centre’s financial history.

The ACC generated more than $90 million in economic benefit to South Australia in the past financial year...

NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTRE

The Adelaide Convention Centre showcased their newly acquired technology at the recent 20 Sixteen and Beyond event, including six of the best projectors on the market – Christie HD18K.

The new technology, which also includes two new Line Array Public Address (PA) systems and a SteadiCam stabilising camera mount, are part of the...

New web streaming enables greater delegate participation

The Adelaide Convention Centre has installed new web streaming capabilities in all its major meeting venues – a first for Australia.

ACC Chief Executive Alec Gilbert said this would assist in boosting interaction at events enabling delegates to participate in sessions from anywhere in the world via remote access, including active...

Adelaide Convention Centre first to be registered app builder

The Adelaide Convention Centre is the first convention centre in Australia to become a registered app builder.

The innovation will see the ACC stay at the forefront of offering engaging, state-of-the-art experiences for clients and delegates.

ACC Chief Executive Alec Gilbert said more than 80% of meeting professionals were using...

Adelaide Convention Centre goes unconventional

Today the Adelaide Convention Centre unveils its dynamic ‘unconventional’ blog, OffCentre, designed to share colourful insights and stories from its award-winning team.

“The blog is our platform to tell the stories of the ACC in our own way through the voices of our 500 plus employees,” ACC Chief Executive Alec...

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority joins Global Convention Center Alliance

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, which operates the awardwinning Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, is proud to announce its membership in the Global Alliance, the premiere coalition for the world’s meeting and convention...

ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTRE’S $30 MILLION RECORD YEAR

Adelaide Convention Centre generated $30 million in revenue from events and other related trading activities in 2010/11 – a record in the Centre’s 24 year history.

Events hosted in the financial year delivered a $91.1 million economic benefit to South Australia – more than $16 million over the target for the 12 months...

ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTRE LAUNCHES NEW ‘CAPACITY FINDER’

The Adelaide Convention Centre has launched a new website tool which makes it easy to research event spaces.

Its Capacity Finder enables clients to view floor plans and images of event spaces and also immediately find height, width, seating, layout and total capacity information.

After finding the perfect space, clients can...

ADELAIDE CONVENTION CENTRE TARGETS SHARE OF $3 BILLION CHINESE TOURISM SPEND IN AUSTRALIA

Adelaide Convention Centre is gearing up to grab a share of the growing Chinese visitor market to Australia, estimated at about $3 billion a year.

Hot on the heels of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s signing of a Tourism Memorandum of Understanding with China during her visit to the country this week, the Convention Centre is...