Setia SPICE Convention Centre, Penang, embraces eco-friendly living with new facelift

New lifestyle offerings strengthen the venue’s appeal for business events.

Meeting in session: Setia SPICE Convention Centre.
Meeting in session: Setia SPICE Convention Centre. Photo Credit: Setia SPICE Convention Centre

Just 10 minutes from Penang International Airport, the newly renovated Setia SPICE Convention Centre has emerged as the city’s largest eco-friendly convention and lifestyle venue with supporting infrastructure and services. Its six-acre rooftop garden is an open lawn, ideal for small events, whilst its 4,500 sqm pillarless ballroom hosts 400 pax banquet-style, or 8,000 theatre-style.

The venue is committed to sustainability and has a food composting machine to turn event food waste into bio-organic soil enhancers. Leftover banners from exhibitions are used to produce merchandise such as totebags, shopping bags and name card folders, and rain water is stored to water its plants, reducing water consumption by 10-15%.
Connected to the centre via a covered walkway is SPICE Arena, a 3,100 sqm multipurpose facility for shows, concerts, sporting events and exhibitions. Additional 4,300 sqm of floor-space is available at the concourse level for 10,000 pax with terrace seats, supported by seven function rooms.

The newly opened 453-room Amari SPICE Penang is linked directly to the convention centre with 509 sqm of event space in 8 meeting rooms, with a maximum capacity of 431 pax.

Just a short walk away is the Setia SPICE Aquatic Centre, the largest indoor saltwater Olympic-size pool and competitive diving platform venue where delegates can make a splash to unwind.

To complete the lifestyle and bleisure experience, the Setia Spice Canopy offers 59 retail, F&B units with Penang’s best and international cuisine under one roof.


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