Glasgow is home to Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet. It has
one of Europe's finest civic art collections in galleries such as
the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery and the Burrell Collection
and entry into all 27 of the city's galleries is free.
Delegates will love Glasgow, the friendliness of the people, the
quality of the shops, the numerous high quality restaurants, bars
and clubs. Scotland has some of the world's most breathtaking
scenery; much of it is on Glasgow's doorstep. And of
course some of the world's finest golf courses are just a
short drive away.
'Let Glasgow Flourish' proclaims the
city's coat of arms - and it does. Glasgow is growing. Over the
past ten years the number of jobs in the city has gone up by 20%.
That's twice the rate of the rest of Scotland. A great deal of the
increase has been in the International Financial Services District,
which has attracted international companies such as JP Morgan and
Morgan Stanley, as well as home grown financial firms like Direct
Line, the Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS.
On top of financial and business
services, buoyant sectors include the creative industries,
health, education, retail, and tourism (leisure, business and
hospitality). Glasgow is also Scotland's media centre, home to the
country's main broadcasters and newspaper groups.
You can benefit from the partnership
that's helped drive the city's rapid development. One of the unique
selling points of the SECC is our active role in what could be
described as 'Team Glasgow'. This is a coalition of the main
organisations in the city who work closely together in a way that
benefits our clients. For SECC customers this means having access
to a wide range of added value services, from civic receptions to
travel passes for delegates.
TRACK RECORD OF HOSTING MAJOR CONFERENCES AND
EVENTS
Glasgow is firmly established as an
experienced and popular centre for conferences and international
events such as the UEFA Cup Final, Celtic Connections - the World's
largest celtic music festival and will be host of the Commonwealth
Games in 2014. Over 23,500 international delegates visited the city
last year with several major conferences receiving a significant
increase in delegate numbers in Glasgow compared to the previous
year, and in some cases, record breaking numbers.
In 2006 readers of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveller
magazine voted Glasgow their favourite UK city. Presumably, the
renowned friendliness of its people was a factor. When that's
backed with lots to see and do, you've got a winning formula.
The City's attractions include numerous high quality
restaurants, bars and clubs. Glasgow is the home of Scottish Opera
and Scottish Ballet, has world famous galleries such as the
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery and the Burrell Collection and a
year-long programme of festivals and events. Glasgow: Scotland with
style' is the slogan of the City. It's therefore no surprise that,
outside London, nowhere in the UK tops Glasgow for the range and
standard of its shopping. What's more, it's one of the UK's finest
Victorian cities with magnificent architecture everywhere you
look.
Scotland's countryside has some of the world's most breathtaking
scenery and there's a great deal of it close to Glasgow. And, in
case you're thinking of bringing your clubs, some of the world's
finest golf courses are just a short drive away.
Why Glasgow?
- Scotland's Largest City
- 45 minutes from Edinburgh
- 1 hour from London
- 3 International Airports
- UK Best Shopping city 2006
- 1990 European Capital of Culture
- 1999 UK City of Architecture & Design
- Best UK Convention Bureau 2007 & 2008
- Proud Host City of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Completely Connected
- 3 International Airports
- 10 minutes to city centre
- London only 1 hour away
- 100 non stop destinations
- 22 low-cost airlines
Hotels in Glasgow:
- SECC is located within easy reach of the major city
centre hotels as well as smaller hotels and guest houses in the
city's west end. There are 6,000 hotel bedrooms within two miles of
the Centre over 2,500 of which are in four or five star
establishments.
- In addition, three of the hotels are on-site:
- the 3 Star 283 bedroom four-star Crowne Plaza, which
is connected to the SECC by a covered link
- the 164 bedroom three-star City Inn and
- the 106 bedroom Campanile
- There are 80 hotels within a 15min drive time of the
SECC
- Over 500 Hotels within a 90 Minute drive time
Lonely Planet Guide to Glasgow:
Glasgow is regenerating and evolving at a dizzying pace - style
cats beware, this city is edgy, modish and downright ballsy. Its
Victorian architectural legacy is now swamped with cutting-edge
style bars, world-class venues to tickle your taste buds, and a
hedonistic club culture that will bring out your nocturnal
instincts. Best of all, though, is Glasgow's pounding live-music
scene which is one of the best in Britain, and accessible through
countless venues dedicated to homegrown beats.
The city is going through a long-term transformation, evident
along the revitalised River Clyde, where visitors can explore
Glasgow's mighty maritime heritage along riverfront walkways.
Museums and galleries abound and the city's resume has been made
even more impressive with the reopening of the colossal Kelvingrove
Art Gallery & Museum - which, in typical Glaswegian fashion,
strips the city of any false pretences and tells it like it is -
both the inspiring and the infuriating aspects of life here.
Glasgow combines urban mayhem and black humour and is so friendly,
it's sometimes downright unnerving - throw off the shackles of
urban restraint and immerse yourself in a down-to-earth metropolis
that is all about fun. And besides, where else in the world can you
land in the middle of a city in a seaplane?
Glaswegians are proud of their working class background and
leftist traditions. Their rivalry with Edinburgh is fierce and folk
are full of contempt for what they see as a prissy, right-wing
establishment on the east coast, full of toffs with clipped accents
and, infuriatingly, holding the title of capital city. However
Glaswegians remind themselves that Edinburgh may be the capital,
but Glasgow has the capital.
Lonely Planet's Best in
Travel 2009
Ranks Glasgow as one of the world's
top ten cities to visit
Commonwealth Games Host
2014
Glasgow is an unforgettable city:
modern, vibrant and dynamic. Known the world over as the
Friendly City, we are the ideal host for the
Friendly Games.
"Glasgow has reinvented itself as
a cultural centre with new concert halls, art galleries and
countless festivals"
Condé Nast
Traveller, UK
"Brimming with style and culture,
Scotland's biggest city is a revelation"
Time
Magazine
"Scotland's Capital of
Cool"
National
Geographic
"a byword for style and
chic."
Lonely Planet Guide to
Scotland
