ADDIS PARK DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLC.

Addis Park Development and Management PLC is one of the member companies of MIDROC Investment Group organized under commerce cluster.

Addis Park Development and Management PLC are commonly known as Millennium Hall, because it is a large hall was established to celebrate the 2000 year Ethiopian millennium.

After the celebration of the millennium Addis Park Development and Management was established in 2004 GC by the founder and owner of MIDROC Investment Group, his Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Hussain Ali Al Amoudi, with the objective of hosting world-class trade shows, exhibitions, concerts, meeting and conferences and other events.

Since its inception, the company has gained excellent experience in conducting and hosting successful events and created strong business relationships with the domestic and foreign business companies and institutions. Since its commencement, Addis Park has become a preferred venue center in Ethiopia and has got reputation of best international exhibition center in the Africa.

Addis Park has been the primary and preferred place for organizing large trade fairs and exhibitions, and becomes a place for the business community to meet and communicate with the potential customers, identify potential investment areas, create business relations and meet with stockholders. It also has been creating opportunities for local and foreign companies to promote their products and services.

Addis Park has made it possible for international and national entertainers to successfully present their work to the audience by organizing many art and music events. High-level international meetings attended by many, including African leaders, have also been hosted at millennium hall.

The main objective of the company is to provide rental hall and space for holding various events like trade and investment fairs, for meeting and conferences, for concerts, for festivals and cultural practices etc.

CORE BUSINESS

We rent state-of-the-art halls with the necessary modern facilities for various events:

• For trade fairs and exhibitions;
• For bazaar For high meetings and conferences
• For business forums;
• For trainings;
• For project launches;
• For weddings;
• For graduations;
• For entertainment and music parties;

We also rent out our rental equipment for events organized by Organizers and other.

The equipment’s including:

• Chairs and tables for meetings in different sizes and quality (beautiful chairs, high and standard fixed chairs and tables, chairs and tables’
• LED screen and stages
• Tents for different purposes, boards for booth construction etc.
• Display materials for exhibition and other events,

SERVICES AND FACILITIES

Our company’s main work principle is to strive to use opportunities by generating new ideas that will bring continuous business growth and profitability.

Our hall is equipped with comfortable and modern interior facilities for various uses. Facilities and services provided are properly organized. Our company has halls for conferences, concerts and for other service.

One fully equipped main Hall with a capacity of 3,500-4,000 participants with dining tables. The same hall can be used for 12,000 individual with banquets chair.

• Three conference rooms found on the ground floor that have a capacity of holding 250, 500, and 700 participants
• Three rooms that can be designed according to the customer’s request on the upper floor where by each has the capacity of holding 450 participants.
• The rooms are equipped with A.C, projectors, screens, stages, sound and light equipment
• Each room has a standby Audio Visual Technician.
• The rooms can be designed in a theatrical style with chairs for participants, and head tables with chairs and table microphones for the programs.
• There are also rooms arranged for translators.
• All rooms have WIFI internet access.
• The main millennium hall has quality LED screens on the main stage and at different locations.
• With VIP reserve areas, we also prove a hall for international consorts with a capacity of 20,000 individuals
• We also have 10,500 square meter areas for outdoor exhibition and other services.
• Our premises are convenient and ideal for exhibitions and for events organized on open area.
• The Millennium Hall has standard offices, for event’s organizers, equipped with technology and modern computers, printers, photocopiers, scanners.
• The Millennium Hall has self-contained media centers for media coverage and a spacious media center with two additional rooms for press and interview.
• We have prepared a large independent space for exhibitions and other events. Two alternative areas for exhibition and poster events have been prepared an area of 1850m2 and 1900m2.
• We also have a standalone venue that can host a party. It has a 2.5 meter high and 1 meter wide panel board that allows customers to post posters for the events and programs.
• We provide booths of different size for exhibition together with, 2 chairs, 1 podium table, 2 spot lights, two electric sockets and 1 standard garbage disposal. A dust bin is also provided for each participating customer.

Dining facilities

• It is provided with banquet chairs and dining tables that can seat 10 to 12 people for meals for both indoor and outdoor catering.
• The 1850m2 open space at the entrance of the main hall is used for catering in the hall.
• In addition, two tents have been prepared in the form of a balcony with a balcony for an outdoor dinner party.

On-site signage: Signage will be in place in all appropriate service areas.

Parking areas: we have secured parking area that can park more than 1000 cars at a time;

We have separate areas for registration of participants upon arrival;

Millennium Hall also provides fast internet service.

At the entry point, X-ray machines provide proper security screening services for efficient security as people pass through.

Provision of toilets: There are 104 men’s and 120 women’s toilets in the premises of the Millennium Hall. It also has 85 men’s and 91 women’s washrooms.

Bill Board Post: Two (200 m2) billboard message hanging spaces are available for customers in the visible part of the Millennium Hall.

Adequate preparations are made in advance for those who work with the Millennium Hall management, and event organizers are given two days to organize any events in the hall, and one day to prepare the materials for the event. In addition, we provide early office service to our customers 5 days prior to the opening date of the event.

Some of the big events we successfully hosted are:

• Saudi-East African Investment Forum
• Indian Forum
• the Annual All African Leather Fair
• The 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)
• The 13th World Congress on Public Health
• State Dinner for World Economic Forum on Africa
• API ACFA Expo Africa 2012 honey expo, the third of its type in Africa
• The Annual Diplomatic Charity Bazaar
• The biggest music parties held by international stars, Teddy Afro and Beyoncé.
• Big five – The construction Industry Exhibition
• East Africa pastoralist Expo
• Mining Expo
• Ethiopia Tamirt Expo
• International floriculture exhibition
• Ethio-Agro-food Expo
• Ethiopian Known big holiday Eve Bazars
• 22th World cup final football game
• More than 15 private commercial banks annual general shareholder assembly
• University graduations are among the successful events

CSR PERFORMANCES OF THE COMPANY

Our company has provided various supports to the local communities over the past years. At the time when Covid 19 Pandemic happened in Ethiopia, our company stopped all its business activities and served as a Hospital and recovery center.

So Addis Park Development PLC changed its services to the community care for about two years. The Ministry of Health also recognized our big CSR commitment. We have also repeatedly provided support to the Macedonian Elderly Aid Organization and other charitable organizations and local communities that need support. Such support will be strengthened continue in the future.

HUMAN CAPITAL

Addis Park Development and Management PLC created job opportunities for many citizens. The company directly employed 75 workforces. It also created an opportunity for many citizens to work indirectly on the business activities when different events are hosted.

Currently the company has:

46 Permanent employees;

4 Contract and

25 Casual workers,

It has a total of 75 employees

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WORKS

Addis Park pays special attention to environmental protection works, so it has been able to decorate the garden with beautiful green open spaces.

By supporting the government’s Green Footprint project, our company has been able to leave its mark by planting thousands of seedlings in various places over the years and taking care of them until they are grown.

It pays special attention to environmental protection by establishing a modern sewage system that can dispose of wastes in a proper and scientific manner so that the various effluents emitted by the Millennium Hall do not pollute the environment