Location Glasgow
Glasgow offers the perfect formula for successful meetings and conventions.
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Vibrancy
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- Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and economic heart;
- There are five universities and a thriving knowledge economy
- Glasgow is at the forefront of low-carbon developments as it seeks to re-invent itself in line with its vision to be one of the most sustainable cities in Europe.
- Glasgow sits firmly in the centre of a rich and varied Life Science offer from the West of Scotland.
- Employing around 30,000 people, Glasgow’s tourism and related industries continue to lead the city’s economic resurgence.
- Glasgow has a global reputation as a centre for engineering excellence.
- The Global Financial Centres Index 2012 confirmed that Glasgow is now in the Top 15 European Financial Centres (ranked 14th)
- The Higher Education sector contributes £1,258m to Scottish output and the Further Education Colleges support Scotland’s economic activity to the sum of £369m.
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Access
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15 minutes’ drive from Glasgow Airport.
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Accommodation
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There are over 7,000 hotel bedrooms within a 2 mile radius of the SEC & over 12,000 in metropolitan Glasgow
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Affordable
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Glasgow is ranked by the Mercer Cost of Living Survey as one of Europe’s most cost effective cities.
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Culture
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- The city has one of the finest civic art collections in Europe;
- It is also home to Scotland’s national opera, ballet and theatre companies.
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Compact
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Glasgow is an exceptionally compact, walkable city.
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Venues
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We’ve got fabulous and unusual venues for a memorable social programme.
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Scenery
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Glasgow is only 30 minutes from Loch Lomond National Park and some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery
As others see us
In 2014, Glasgow was voted ‘World’s Friendliest City’ in a Rough Guide poll.
World-renowned travel magazine National Geographic Traveller named Glasgow as one of its 20 ‘Best of the World’ destinations for 2016.
The respected Lonely Planet guide recently said of the city: “Glasgow is regenerating and evolving at a dizzying pace. Its Victorian architectural legacy is now swamped with cutting-edge style bars and world-class venues to tickle your taste buds. The city is going through a long-term transformation, evident along the revitalised River Clyde.”
According to a recent Experian poll, Glasgow offers the best shopping in the UK outside London’s west end.
Accommodation
