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Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Hosts Record Number of Events in 2013!

March 05, 2014· · tags: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, kuala lumpur entertainment, Kuala Lumpur event, Kuala Lumpur events agency
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) hosted 1,565 events in 2013, a 9% increase on the 1,442 in 2012 and the highest number ever held in a calendar year since opening in June 2005. Of this, the Conventions and TenOnCall segments were the biggest movers recording a 32% and 16% increase respectively on the previous year’s figures. For Exhibitions segment, seven new clients from the rail, security, fire & safety, skin care, glass manufacturing and baby products industries joined an existing portfolio of recurrent shows while Conventions added 33 new clients to its list, 29 of which were international conferences. In total, the Centre welcomed 2.0 million delegates contributing RM700 million in economic impact to the Malaysian economy (in 2013) compared with 1.6 million delegates and RM590 million in 2012. A steady growth of an average 10% year-on-year between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2013 for events held at the facility means that since opening nine years ago, the venue has hosted over 15.6 million delegates and visitors and made a total economic impact contribution of around RM4.9 billion. Read more
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Finance giants head to Kuala Lumpur

January 27, 2014· · tags: Kuala Lumpur, kuala lumpur entertainment, kuala lumpur entertainment agency
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre is galloping into the Year of the Horse with a ‘double bill’ of conferences for two large US-based financial services organisations set  to bring a total of 6,500 delegates to the Malaysian capital.   Angeline Lue, the centre’s director of sales and marketing, says awareness in North America of Malaysia as a business events destination is increasing.   She says this can be partly ‘attributed to our continuous engagement and creative marketing campaigns since we started reaching out to the North American meetings market three plus years ago’.   “We are now seeing the results of our efforts with the hosting last year, of major international gatherings such as the third Global Women Deliver Conference and fourth edition of the Barack Obama-initiative, Global Entrepreneurship Summit where US Secretary of State, John Kerry gave the keynote address,” Lue says.   The Million Dollar Round Table Experience (2014 MDRT Experience) takes place February 13-15 and is expected to bring 4,000 delegates. This is followed by Gama International LAMP Asia 2014, February 16-17, with 2,500.   MDRT is an association with nearly 36,000 members from the insurance and financial services professions drawn more than 430 companies in 78 countries. […]
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Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Wins Inaugural ICCA Best PR Award

November 13, 2013· · tags: ICCA Congress in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Convention, kuala lumpur entertainment
On 3 November, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) was announced as the winner of the very first ICCA Best PR Award at the ICCA Congress in Shanghai, China-P.R. by Martin Lewis, chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board of International Meetings Review, the sponsor of the award.   Martin Lewis commented: “The measurement methodology, combined with consistent creativity won the day for KLCC. Year on year KLCC have always been strong on the creative front, but their evaluation processes and measurement of ROI was hard-nosed and scientific, impressing all the judges across the board.”   Read more: http://www.eventplannerspain.com
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