Wellington Tākina locks in first customer event

MICE News

Thursday, 11 February 2021

The first events have been locked in for New Zealand's Wellington Tākina exhibition and conference centre (on track to open in mid-2023) with Festival for the Future – a multi-day conference with more than 1200 delegates expected.

WellingtonNZ general manager David Perks said: “Despite organisations being nervous about any future impacts of Covid-19, WellingtonNZ is receiving a steady stream of Tākina booking enquiries.

“Wellington is expecting a very good 2021 in terms of hosting business events."

 

The latest Tourism NZ industry research reveals 55 per cent of associations planning a conference next year want to host it in Wellington.

 

Work started on Tākina in 2019. Since then the multi-storey, 18,000 sqm, purpose-built facility has progressed on its  CBD harbourside location within walking distance of a range of restaurants, bars and hotels.

 

It will have 10,000sqm of conference space for up to 1,600 people, a 2,500 sqm exhibition floor, two large, flexible plenary halls and meeting rooms and a gala dinner capacity of 1400 people