Borneo Convention Centre Kuching

The Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) stands on the Kuching Isthmus in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, on a six-hectare riverfront site ringed by the Sarawak River, about 15 minutes' drive from the city centre and 20 minutes from Kuching International Airport. Opened in 2009 and built at a cost of roughly RM200 million for the Sarawak state government, it is the first dedicated convention and exhibition centre in Borneo and the first international purpose-built convention centre in Sarawak. That status matters in a state that positions itself around ecotourism and business events: BCCK has hosted around 1,200 events and close to 1.5 million delegates and visitors, and it anchors Kuching's MICE offer in a region where purpose-built space is scarce. The centre provides 36,500 square metres of gross floor area with fully flexible internal space. Capacities include 1,500 delegates in plenary, a 2,000-person banquet hall, 14 breakout meeting rooms and a largest pillar-free exhibition floor of 2,500 square metres — modest by Bangkok standards the largest pillar-free exhibition floor in the centre. Rooms subdivide for parallel sessions, exhibitions, banquets and concerts. The architecture is the venue's signature: the roof is shaped as a ririk leaf, the broad leaf used by indigenous Iban communities to wrap rice, supported by exposed structural elements resembling tree trunks. Rainwater harvesting and a green brief reflect the rainforest setting, and the riverside elevation opens views across the Sarawak River. A RM550 million expansion, BCCK2, began in April 2025 and is due for completion in 2028, adding 15,500 square metres under roof as one of the world's largest single-floor timber structures with a 42-metre clear span, lifting capacity to 15,000 visitors at once.