36 . Glasgow Business August 2016


announced a record £141 million in conference revenue – the city’s best-ever annual return. Its standing in international


conference ratings is also growing. A recent report issued by meetings industry body the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) showed that nearly 37,000 overseas delegates visited Glasgow last year, placing the city 28th overall in ICCA’s index of 400 cities – the city’s highest rating for 10 years. Only London, which ranked


second worldwide with more than 117,000 delegates, featured ahead of Glasgow in the UK, and no other UK city made it into the top 30. In 2015, Glasgow also recorded


its greatest ever number of international conferences held in a single year, with 54 meetings taking place in the city – of which 17 were staged at the SECC, accounting for almost 80 per cent of overseas delegates. It was also a good year for the SECC which


increased gross profit by 18 per cent on the back of increasing conference business – and was recently given the UK’s best


large event space award by Exhibition News magazine. In both 2015 and 2016, the


venue was host to the All-Energy exhibition and conference – the largest sustainable energy show in the UK, which Glasgow Chamber was involved in promoting. While the SECC is the jewel in


Glasgow’s conference crown, there are many other venues across the city that can host large events,


from the major hotels to university facilities, such as the University of Strathclyde’s state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Centre in the heart of the city, which opened in 2015. And there are Glasgow’s iconic venues such as the Glasgow Science Centre, Te Lighthouse, and the popular Piping Centre.


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