Hong Kong, 16th August: In its previous financial year running from July 2018 to June 2019, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) announced that it hosted a total of 1,000 events, including 119 exhibitions, 159 conferences and hundreds of corporate meetings, banquets and entertainment events. The venue welcomed a record 8.5+ million visitors during the year, including exhibitors, trade buyers, conference and meeting delegates, other event visitors, banquet guests and restaurant customers.

Of the 118 exhibitions, three were new exhibitions, and the remaining were recurrent exhibitions. While among the 159 conferences, nine international and 56 local conferences were new to the venue.