06.10.2015 - MCEC exceeded previous year result

For the third year in a row, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre’s (MCEC) end of financial year figures have exceeded all previous year-end results, recording a total operating revenue of $76.3 million and pumping almost $1 billion of economic impact into the Victorian economy. For the first time MCEC has, through an exclusive report conducted by EY, measured the economic and social value of its business events over a 12-month period. In 2014/15, MCEC played host to 918 events and welcomed 724,000 business event visitors through its doors. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust Chairman, Bob Annells said: “With these encouraging financial results and our expansion on the horizon, our business has never looked better. (ch)

Quelle: Sep 23, 2015 [m+a UFI Newsletter]