International Convention and Exhibition Centre Feasibility Report
Last updated:
June 2010
International Convention and Exhibition Centre feasibility report (PDF 866KB)
Background
This report summarises a feasibility study prepared for the Auckland City Council by Horwath HTL in June 2009 and incorporates supplementary research undertaken by the Ministry of Economic Development, including interviews with convention centre operators in Asia and Australia and officials from Federal and State (Victoria and Queensland) governments in Australia.
The primary rationale for developing a new international convention and exhibition centre (ICEC) is to improve substantially New Zealand’s capability for hosting medium to large‐scale international conferences and related exhibitions.
New Zealand has some capability for hosting small to medium sized international conferences at present and has hosted some reasonably large international conferences in the past. However, New Zealand faces increasingly significant constraints and competitive disadvantages when compared to international facilities and locations, especially when compared to our closest competitor Australia.
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