Spice trade Spice trade The spice trade refers to the trade between historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, and turmeric were known and used in antiquity for commerce in the Eastern World. These spices found their way into the Middle East before the beginning of the Christian era, where the true sources of these spices were withheld by the traders and associated with fantastic tales. Early writings and stone age carvings of neolithic age obtained indicates that India's southwest coastal port Muziris, in Kerala, had established itself as a major spice trade
SPICE Arena to the public in 2016. In 2017, the SPICE Convention & Exhibition Centre, which has an internal capacity of , was launched. Aside from these facilities, SPICE Canopy, the retail component of the project, was also completed in 2015. A four-star hotel situated adjacent to these facilities is currently under construction. The hotel is scheduled for completion by 2019. The SPICE Arena, with an internal space of , can accommodate 10,000 guests in a terrace-style seating arrangement, or 180 exhibition booths. The arena's capacity is further boosted by the Concourse at Level 3, which can sit a further 250 booths.