The Cape Town International Convention Centre, East Expansion, is ‘ready to welcome the world’.
City of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille conducted a final site inspection of the expansion with CTICC CEO, Julie-May Ellingson, and has given her seal of approval of the construction.
The City of Cape Town contributed R550 million (€35.6 million) towards the expansion costs.
The 31 148 sqm expansion adds 10 000 sqm of multipurpose conference and exhibition space through six halls located across two floors.
The facility also includes 3 000 sqm of informal and formal meeting space in the form of four larger meeting suites, a terrace room, and five smaller meeting pod rooms.
Two modern rooftop decks provide the ideal backdrop for post-meeting cocktails.
The new centre is built across six floors and has more exterior balconies. CTICC 2 will also be able to operate as an independent facility.
Its design received a four-star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa.
CTICC 2 has struck a chord with international associations and by August this year, the centre had already secured 10 major international events up until 2022.
“The CTICC has been a key driver of the region’s knowledge economy, a place where ideas are shared, investments planned, a platform for creativity and innovation and a stage where South Africans and Africans can take part in the co-creation of future scientific, technological and academic advances. CTICC 2 will no doubt bolster the centre’s credentials as a positive contributor to Cape Town and the Western Cape’s socio-economic growth,” said Ellingson.
Construction of the sky bridge across the Heerengracht connecting CTICC 1 with CTICC 2 will commence in 2018.
