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India India’s busiest venue to get new hall with over 15,000sqm of indoor space ITEX, Hyderabad considers itself India’s premier purpose-built exhibitions and conventions venue with state-of- the-art infrastructure that has hosted more than 1,600 events. HITEX, Hyderabad is part of a public-private partnership established in 2003 by the State Government to facilitate trade, commerce and industry. Hyderabad is the fastest growing metropolitan city in India, with a beautiful fusion of culture and heritage. National and international travellers enjoy easy connectivity to HITEX, Hyderabad as it is only 40 minutes’ drive from Hyderabad airport. The airport connects to many Asian and European cities, with direct flights. The state Government of Telangana supports the events vision, and Hyderabad’s large economy, excellent connectivity and year-round pleasant weather has caused the city’s business events professionals and political and economic leaders to claim the crown as the MICE Capital of India. Spread across 53 acres of prime locality of the city, HITEX, Hyderabad offers 60,000sqm of outdoor event space, 10,500sqm of indoor event space with three identical halls of 3,500sqm each. There is a 5,000sqm manicured park, and the venue offers organisers’ offices, breakout meeting rooms, a VIP Lounge, Press Room and parking space for up to 3,500 cars. One of the halls is acoustically treated and provides a combination of advanced technology, flexible space and accessible tiered seating – making it ideal for events of all statures including large- scale tradefairs, exhibitions and international conventions. Right: Elephant in the exhibtion room - HITEX Hyderabad Other USPs of the new building with Hall 4 at the core, include: Expansion The growing number of events hosted at HITEX, Hyderabad has created the urgent need for expansion and the upcoming multipurpose, multilevel LEED Platinum-rated building with the latest technology and support systems will add a further 15,230sqm of indoor event space. The planned multilevel building will have one 8,000sqm pillar-less multipurpose hall (Hall 4) able to host top-notch international exhibitions, conventions and Left: Expanding HITEX in India’s MICE Capital w w w.exhibitionworld.co.uk sporting events. Hall 4 will make HITEX, Hyderabad the largest most- premium multipurpose MICE venue in India. The construction is expected to be completed and open for events by the end of 2019. • High floor loading capacity (50KN/Sq. M.) • Floor-level connection points for electricity, water, compressed air and internet • 12.5m high ceiling • Restaurants, coffee shop, catering services, medical centre, ambulance, bank ATMs, business centre • Anti-static flooring • Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) • Intelligent climate control system • 100% power back-up and roof- top solar power systems • Cutting-edge audio and video conferencing systems • Utilities at floor-level for ready tap-off to save time and cost to exhibitors • 8m high truck entry doors for easy ingress and egress of exhibit material • Catwalks and multiple rigging points for load suspension Supplement 7