The winner of the AIPC Apex Award 2004: Cairns Convention Centre

Runners-up: Bregenzer Festspiel- und Kongresshaus Gmbh in Austria and Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre in Australia

For further information:
Apex Award 2004 report

AIPC media release: Cairns Convention Centre Named 2004 AIPC Apex Award Winner
AIPC media release: 16 Finalists in 2004 AIPC Apex Award for “World’s Best Congress Centre”

The 16 finalists for 2004 were:

• Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
• Palau de Congresos de Catalunya, Barcelona
• Belfast Waterfront Hall
• Bregenzer Festspiel- und Kongresshaus Gmbh
• Brighton Centre
• Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
• Cairns Convention Centre
• International Convention Center Durban
• Göteborg Convention Centre
• Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center
• m:con - Congress Center Rosengarten, Mannheim
• Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
• ICM - Internationales Congress Center München
• Sandton Convention Centre
• Piramide de Arona, Tenerife
• Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre

Previous Apex Award winners:
2003 Palacio de Congresos y de la Musica de Bilbao in Spain
2002 Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre in Canada
2001 Congress Innsbruck in Austria
2000 Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre in Australia