Skycity to Showcase Convention and Catering

Skycity to Showcase Convention and Catering Operations at Meetings 2010

With less than a week remaining until the largest and most anticipated trade show in New Zealand for the conference, meetings, events, exhibition and travel incentive industry; MEETINGS 2010 held at the SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre is a sold out event. MEETINGS attracts businesses and vendors from all across New Zealand ranging from airlines, convention centres, exhibition organisers and contractors, trade publications to hotels, resorts and spas.

The show, held at the SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre over two floors on 23-34 June is in its 14th year and brings together buyers and sellers of conference and incentive travel products and services to grow mutual business opportunities and share knowledge and ideas.

At this year’s event both the SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre including SKYCITY Hotels and SKYCITY Catering and Events will be showing what they have on offer. The SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre booth will showcase SKYCITY’s world class convention facilities which can cater from small meetings up to full size banquet dinners for over 1000 people.

SKYCITY Catering and Events are able to cater for small to large events which this year included the 100th birthday of Farmers - the Catering and Events team provided early morning breakfasts for 1,345 guests at 16 different Farmers stores across Auckland simultaneously.

SKYCITY so far has 90 appointments with New Zealand, Australian and Asian buyers over the two day show.

SKYCITY’s General Manager SKYCITY Hotels Group and NZ Facilities Development, Simon Jamieson is excited to show off what SKYCITY has to offer the conference, meetings, events, exhibition and travel incentive industry.

“Both the SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre and SKYCITY Catering and Events operations are exceptional and have a lot to offer the meetings, events, exhibition and travel incentive industry. MEETINGS is a fantastic event and we’re delighted to be able to host it for 2010. We wish all of the exhibitors a successful few days.”

The SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre’s facilities include:
• Two levels of dedicated conferencing, exhibition and banqueting space totaling 5,370m2.
• 21 separate conference rooms.
• A main plenary room of 1,300m2 free of structural columns and with an additional 900m2 of foyer space.
• Theatre-style capacity for 1,500 or banquet capacity for 1,200.
• Exhibition space of 1080m2 with an additional 800m2 of foyer space for up to 70 trade booths or a theatre-style meeting for 1,300 people.
• Nine break-out rooms totalling 1,020m2.
• Two board rooms, business centre facilities and client administration offices.
• Specialised convention kitchen catering facilities.
• Easy pack in/out access through customised dock and vehicle/service lifts.
• An overbridge connecting the Convention Centre with the SKYCITY Auckland entertainment complex, including 702-seat SKYCITY Theatre and the 344-room 4+ star SKYCITY Hotel, 24 hour casino and 19 bars and restaurants.
• Adjoins the 316-room, 5 star SKYCITY Grand Hotel.
• 1500 additional hotel rooms available within five minutes walk.
• Adjoins SKYCITY car park - the CBD's largest carpark with 1960 spaces available.

For more information for MEETINGS 2010 visit www.meetings.co.nz

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