CAIRNS CONVENTION CENTRE MASS VACCINATION HUB GETS UNDERWAY
The Cairns Convention Centre has become a mass vaccination hub in a bid to help the business events industry get back on its feet. Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) are using the Centre as a Vaccination Hub for at least four weekends to boost the vaccination numbers in the region. September 10-12 […]
EXPERIENCE THE RENEWED CAIRNS CONVENTION CENTRE
The award-winning Cairns Convention Centre will set a new benchmark for international and national conferences and events on the completion of a $176 million refurbishment and expansion project. The major project will deliver an extra 10,000 sqm of meeting, banquet and exhibition space when completed. The renewed Centre will be delivered in two stages. The first stage […]
Cairns Convention Centre boosts Business Development Team ahead of the Expansion
The Cairns Convention Centre welcomes Wayne Smith into the role of Business Development Director as the team strengthens ahead of the new expansion. Smith returns to Cairns after spending the previous four years as Director of Client Services at Darwin Convention Centre, part of the ASM Global portfolio. Prior to Darwin, Smith was the Sales […]
World leading scientists head to Cairns
The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology is heading to Australia for the first time and will be hosted at the Cairns Convention Centre in July 2022. The global event will bring together over 700 leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Vertebrate Morphology, such as […]
CAIRNS CONVENTION CENTRE EXPANSION GREAT NEWS FOR REGION, SAYS CEO
ASM Global Chairman and CEO, Harvey Lister today welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement of a $176 million upgrade of the award-winning Cairns Convention Centre. Mr. Lister said the Government’s investment would deliver significant economic benefits to the Cairns economy over the next decade and beyond. “Not only will it enable the Centre to host additional […]
Cairns Convention Centre Generates $80 Millions in 2018
Findings from the most recent study of delegate spending and travel patterns undertaken at the Cairns Convention Centre have shown that conventions continue generating big economic advantages for the region. The research project’s report has calculated that events at the Cairns Convention Centre during 2018 created 133,784 room nights and contributed around $80 million in […]
Cairns Convention Centre to Host 1200 of the World’s Leading Plant Molecular Biologists
The Cairns Convention Centre and a group of 60 plant scientists led by Associate Professor Joshua Mylne from the University of Western Australia have successfully secured the 2021 Congress of International Society for Plant Molecular Biology (IPMB). The Congress is a triennial meeting supported by IPMB and the American Society of Plant Biologists and is expected […]
World Polymer Congress MACRO 2018
Dates: July 2018 Hosts: Royal Australian Chemical Institute International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry Co-Chair: Professor Martina Stenzel Venue: Cairns Convention Centre Delegate Numbers: 800 Following a successful bid presented in 2013, the Cairns Convention Centre proudly welcomed MACRO 2018 and it’s 800 delegates in July. The Centre started working with the client, Professor Martina Stenzel from the University […]
International Women and Law Enforcement Conference
Host Organisations: The International Association of Women Police (IAWP), the Australasian Council of Women and Policing (ACWAP), supported by the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Client: Debbie PlatzAssistant Commissioner, Australia Federal PolicePresident, Australian Council of Women and Policing The annual International Women and Law Enforcement Conference was hosted at the Cairns Convention Centre in September 2017. The conference reached […]
Cairns Convention Centre Receives Global Innovation Award
Cairns Convention Centre has been awarded the International Association of Convention Centre’s (AIPC) Innovation Award (Delegate’s Choice) for their 20th birthday gift made from recycled steel, salvaged during the Centre’s roof replacement. The gift was designed by local indigenous artist Wayne McGinness of Aboriginal Steel Art and is a manta ray, one of the ‘Great […]
