Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre

CONVENTIONS and seminars have become more elaborate with attendees expecting more sophisticated levels of multimedia presentation, says Corporate Theatre managing director Vaughan Emery.Perth Audiovisual managing director Peter Blewitt said effecti...

RESTAURANT Amuse was this week recognised as Perth’s restaurant of the year for the second consecutive year by the prestigious Restaurant and Catering Association Savour Awards.

PERTH-BASED and regional businesses were among those recognised at three different award ceremonies last week.

Perth’s conference market has been a beneficiary of the mining slowdown and increasing infrastructure spend.

Construction of Perth's next big office development could start within weeks as investment group Brookfield strives to meet its 2015 deadline for a second tower at Brookfield Place.

A director of corrective services who helped implement a GPS tracking system for sex offenders has been named the Telstra Western Australia Business Woman of the Year.

SPECIAL REPORT: More national and international conventions are choosing to come to Perth, adding a boost to tourism and industry and catalysing a big change at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Transport infrastructure, hotel and conference capacity, and red tape in the approvals process for new tours have been identified as the biggest barriers to attracting an additional 9 million visitors each year to Western Australia.

Perth's crowded events calendar is set to accommodate another major conference, with more than 1,000 delegates set to attend the World Wide Web conference in 2017.

Audio-visual company AVPartners is increasing its dominance in the conference market with an expanded contract at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

A record amount of money is due to be spent in Western Australia by people attending upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

Two new members have been elected to the Perth Convention Bureau board of directors.EECW events director Renee Bennett, and ADAMS Group executive general manager Chad D’Souza were confirmed as the new additions at the annual general meeting, joining four existing directors.

With the convention market in Perth showing no signs of slowing, the focus has turned to the city’s largest venues and their capacity to attract major national and international events.

It’s clear Labor will target Perth traffic congestion and the disruption caused by major works as an election issue.

A host of “hero” events, attracted in part by the development of new hotels and Elizabeth Quay, is set to drive significantly increased revenue into the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, with flow-on effects for the wider economy.

SPECIAL REPORT: Up to 5,000 delegates from more than 60 countries will descend on Perth in a few months for the 18th International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas.

Blackburne managing director Paul Blackburne was last night named the 2016 Business News 40under40 First Amongst Equals, ahead of a talented and diverse field of candidates.

The hotel industry expects up to a quarter of Perth’s hotel rooms to be filled by delegates attending next month’s LNG18 conference, though the number of people attending and the flow-on economic benefits to the state remain unclear.

Western Australia’s top tourism lobby group says the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre needs to grow by at least 60 per cent, otherwise the state risks falling behind its eastern counterparts in the race to secure big international events.

Spotless Group has secured a long-term extension to its management contract at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre after committing to invest $50 million and take full responsibility for the PCEC’s core assets.