Glasgow City Marketing
Bureau (GCMB) secured over £120 million new conference business
in the last financial year.
Year end data reported by the city's official destination
marketing organisation to March 31 revealed 278 conventions, valued
at £120 million, were confirmed through to 2017, which equates to
more than 410,000 hotel delegate room nights.
This represents a 10% year-on-year growth in domestic and
international conference business.
Conference delegates now account for one in five hotel beds sold
in the city, underscoring the importance of conventions to
Glasgow's economy.
Scott Taylor, Chief Executive of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau,
said: "So many people comment that Glasgow is unique in its
welcome. As well as it being in our nature, much of this comes from
the relationship we have with our city partners and our ability to
engage them in conference activity."
GCMB was recently named the UK's Best Convention Bureau for an
incredible sixth consecutive year, following a poll by the
influential industry magazine Meetings & Incentive Travel. The
Scottish Exhibition + Conference
Centre picked up the Best UK Conference Centre title.