Kimdaejung Convention Center Seeks to Be a Globally Competitive Venue for Exhibitions and Conventions
Korea has been recently attracting even more of the spotlight than Japan in the MICE industry where the influence of Asian countries is growing more and more powerful. The exhibition convention center located in the city where the ¡®real¡¯ Korea is more authentic than the capital Seoul is none other than the Kimdaejung Convention Center.
Kimdaejung Convention Center was established in Gwangju, a city around 300km south-west of Seoul. City of art, Gwangju has been recognized for its typical cultural richness. Gwangju offers the best traditional Korean cuisine and cultural heritages in the beautiful natural environment with four of the designated ¡®slow-cities¡¯ located nearby. A large number of Koreans visit the area to experience the culture and peaceful break from the city.
Kimdaejung Convention Center was named after the former President of Korea and Nobel Prize laureate, Kim Dae-jung. The identity of Kimdaejung Convention Center is proving to uniquely continue the life-long philosophy of President Kim who sacrificed his whole life for democratization in Korea — by holding international conferences for democracy, human
rights and peace, People's Forum on Peace for Life in Asia and Asia Regional Conference on Democracy.
The four-storied building offers three exhibition halls on the ground floor, ten small and medium-sized meeting rooms on the second floor, and a grand convention hall that can seat 2,000 people, dividable into three parts, on the fourth floor.
In 2009, the convention center recorded 65.4% of operating ratio and held more than 700 meetings.
In particular, the Kimdaejung Convention Center is involved in the promotion of the exhibition convention industry through strengthening its marketing based on improved competitiveness by holding large-scale exhibitions related to government policies such as Youth Expo and Korea Green Energy Festival as well as byimplementing exhibition projects of the private sector.In addition, it plans and carries out its own exhibition projects. Fore example, eight exhibitions have been held
in relation to the strategic industries of the region. The objective is to develop it to become one of the leading exhibition centers in Korea through globalization and scaling up and to contribute to the globalization of Gwangju. Each year, the Kimdaejung Convention Center provides opportunities for the local producers to develop their sales channels and foreign markets by inviting industry leaders and buyers from other countries.
Four major conventions have been held and recently UFI certified as world class conventions, including SWEET
(Solar, Wind & Earth Energy Trade Fair), Gwangju International Senior Fair, ACE Fair (Asia Content & Entertainment Industry Fair) and Gwangju International Food Fair. Kimdaejung Convention Center where representative exhibitions are held and which will become the representative exhibition and convention center in Korea is showing its excellence through
continued innovation and development. As it announced an expansion plan to construct the second convention center, the
Kimdaejung Convention Center will be able to offer and facilitate s larger number of public events.Representing Korea in the most Korean way, Kimdaejung Convention Center aims to redefine itself as a global exhibition convention center to meet the
expectations of all customers.