Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre



The Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC, formerly known as the Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre or HITEC), is an exhibition centre, shopping mall and performance venue situated at 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was developed by Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

In 2021, a consortium led by Billion Development bought the venue for $1.4 billion US dollars to redevelop it into three grade-A office buildings. As a result, the KITEC ended its operations at 17:00 on 30 June 2024.

Convention and exhibition spaces
Multi-functional venues, including Music Zone @ E-Max, Rotunda 1, Rotunda 2, Rotunda 3 and Star Hall, can accommodate exhibitions, concerts, banquets and business functions. There was an auditorium with 702 tiered seats and a conference centre with 17 meeting rooms on the 6th and 7th floors.

E-Max shopping mall
The mall provides dining in the forms of Chinese and western restaurants and cafés. Major tenants included:
 * Hong Kong Bowling City
 * Kowloon Bay Integrated Auto Mall
 * Premier Home Forum
 * PetMax
 * Starbucks
 * The Metroplex, self-operated independent cinema with 9 screens and a total capacity of over 1,100 people, G/F. (Opened on 14 February 2014)

Offices
The centre offers office spaces ranging from 56 sqm to an entire floor of 9,300 sqm.

It has included several divisions of the Registration and Electoral Office.

Star Hall
Star Hall was the performance venue inside KITEC. It can accommodate audiences of 3,600 people. It was a popular venue for concerts. The 4-storey Star Hall measuring 2800 sqm offers column-free space.