30 . Glasgow Business August 2015
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passenger numbers up 17 per cent and domestic passenger numbers up 9.1 per cent. Glasgow Airport said 10 new
routes were launched in May, including Tomas Cook Airline’s direct weekly service to Las Vegas, Canadian airline WestJet’s first ever UK service to Halifax, and Jet2’s new route to Prague. Travel agent Barrhead Travel
also resumed its summer charter flights to Malaga, Venice, Barcelona and Palma. Amanda MacMillan, Managing
Director of Glasgow Airport and a Director of Glasgow Chamber, said: “Our growth in 2015 has been unprecedented so far, reflected in the fact we’ve enjoyed consistent double digit increases in our passenger numbers every month since November.” Glasgow hosts five of the top
20 visitor atractions in Scotland according to the Association of Scotish Visitor Atractions (ASVA) 2014 Annual Visitor Trend Report, including the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Riverside Museum, the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), the People’s Palace and Winter Gardens, and Glasgow Science Centre.
David Grevemberg speaking to members at Scotland House during the 2014 Commonwealth Games
GLASGOW AIRPORT A key part of the drive to
continue to atract increased numbers of leisure visitors will be Glasgow’s reputation as a city that can excel in puting on major events – and not just the city’s stellar performance in business
tourism through its conventions and conferences. David Grevemberg, Glasgow
2014’s Chief Executive and now CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation, gave a Glasgow Talk in July along with
Beth Tweddle, the most successful gymnast in UK history. He said: “Te Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games set a new gold standard for the Commonwealth sports movement, new benchmarks for hosting major events in Scotland. “It generated well-deserved
accolades for Glasgow which, as host city, embraced athletes and visitors warmly during Scotland’s biggest-ever sporting and cultural festival.” Another strand to the
atraction of the city is sustainability. Te Games saw the launch of Greener Glasgow, which aims to capitalise on what research suggests is greater public interest and concern about this issue – 84 per cent of UK visitors say it is very or quite important to them when making holiday choices. In 2009, accessible tourism
was worth £325m to Scotland. Tis had grown to £370m by 2013 – a fact that led the Games organisers to prioritise accessibility as a legacy goal. Te city, of course, hosted its
own business programme event programme at Scotland House with Glasgow Chamber running a series of events there every day of the Games. Scotland House hosted events
that showcased sectors ranging from energy through life sciences to creative industries.
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