S P Setia opens new extension to Setia City Convention Centre

SHAH ALAM (Nov 1): S P Setia Bhd has opened its newly completed 11,800 sq m Setia City Convention Hall 1&2 at Setia City Convention Centre in Setia Alam, Shah Alam to cater to a growing demand for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) activities.

The new expansion increases the convention centre's total space to 21,025 m sq from its previous 9,225 sq m.

The new halls combined will accommodate up to 350 booths for exhibitions and 4,000 and 8,000 people in banquet stall seating and theatre style seating arrangement respectively.

The extension also provided 700 additional parking bays on top of the existing 1,300 car park bays. Other facilities include individual drop-off areas, VIP holding rooms, reception, organiser's office and three meeting rooms.

In an exclusive preview of the new exhibition space today, S P Setia CEO Datuk Khor Chap Jen noted that over the past four years, there have been tremendous demand for its convention facilities.

"We have hosted more than 1,600 events [at Setia City Convention Centre] from banquets such as weddings and corporate dinners concerts, exhibitions, meetings and special events such as graduation ceremonies and motor industry roadshows with consistently positive feedback from our customers," said Khor.

The new exhibition space is also designed to be column-free with a height of 10m to 12m and is dividable into two halls allowing event organisers to create different forms of space to suit their event requirements.

At the preview, Media Prima also confirmed that Setia City Convention Centre will be the selected venue for NTV7's Golden Awards 2017, which recognises excellence in the production and performance of Malaysian Chinese Television.

To date, Setia City Convention Centre has received 50 forward bookings for 2017.