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The Year Melbourne Said Yes!

2025 was a year powered by people. We said yes to ideas, yes to collaboration, and yes to the events that make this city come alive. Every week brought something new to our venue and reminded us why MCEC is where you come to exchange ideas, build energy and push conversations forward.

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The Year Melbourne Said Yes to Everything

Some years feel big. 2025 felt massive. The kind where you look back and think: how did all that happen inside one venue?

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Melbourne’s Tastiest Christmas Market Returns

Forget the last-minute dash for gifts and supermarket shortcuts this December, the Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Market brings the festive spirit (and flavour) straight to Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) From 5–7 December, our venue transforms into a celebration of Australia’s best makers, bakers and brewers.

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5 Ways the Right Space Can Make or Break Your Next Conference

We’ve seen what happens when a great conference meets the right space — ideas flow and people connect. That’s exactly what our Clarendon Auditorium and Clarendon Rooms are designed for: big ideas, small celebrations, and everything in between.

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Meet the Team Keeping Your Event Safe

Behind every forklift reversing, every exhibitor setting up, every show opening its doors on time, there’s a Safety Team making sure it all comes together—smoothly, safely, and without surprises.

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Spring’s Here. Let’s Go!

A family guide to Melbourne’s best season with MCEC as your launchpad. Spring in Melbourne? It hits different. The skies are brighter, the festivals are louder, and there’s always something fun hiding around the next corner. Think blossoms, Ferris wheels, markets, food trucks, mini golf, concerts, and plenty to keep little hands (and big imaginations) busy.

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Rethinking Farm to Fork with Greenspace

How a weekly delivery, a trolley of herbs and a microfarm are changing the way we grow, serve and think about food.

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GPCE Melbourne 2025: Three Days That Changed Healthcare’s Future

What happens when 1,046 healthcare professionals take over Melbourne’s biggest ideas place? General Practice Conference & Exhibition (GPCE) Melbourne 2025 had the answer.

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A Gala Dinner Should Wow—Starting with the Menu

Spectacular spaces, brilliant AV and lighting, and menus so good you’ll want to linger long after dessert. Gala season at MCEC, that’s when we really turn up the volume. And Melbourne? Head just outside our venue and you’ve got everything you need to make it a complete night out.

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Time to Rethink the Gala

At MCEC, we’re flipping the script. We believe a gala should feel like a night out. It should be bold. Beautiful. Maybe even a little surprising. Whether it’s a black-tie fundraiser, a big-brand launch, or a just-because celebration, we help you design events that live up to the dress code and then some.

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