EDINBURGH Worldwide Convention Centre (EICC) will probably be host to VisitBritain’s first Affiliation Convention in February 2024.
The convention will facilitate connections between affiliation assembly planners, skilled suppliers, and decision-makers from British cities and conference bureaus.
Hosted in partnership with MeetEngland, Meet in Wales and VisitScotland Enterprise Occasions, the occasion will deal with how conferences can generate ‘impression past the plenary’.
Delegates will be capable to discover how cities, associations, and stakeholders can set and obtain impactful targets, maximizing the potential to create shared worth.
All through the convention there will probably be workshops and panel periods to showcase the mental capitals, companies, and venues out there throughout Britain.
Attendees may also be invited to a number of networking alternatives together with a gala dinner that may happen on the Nationwide Museum of Scotland.
Paul Black, Head of Enterprise Occasions at VisitBritain, mentioned: “Edinburgh is a vacation spot that actually represents a high-calibre and impact-driven providing for enterprise occasion delegates.
“Our crew could be very excited to work with Conference Edinburgh to ship a robust occasion for nation companions, metropolis bureaus and attending shoppers.
“The convention is a good alternative for our cities to interact with associations and congress organisers to showcase our world-leading sectors and mental capital.
“[It will also] develop our collective understanding on embedding optimistic impression methods into enterprise occasions while making sustainable decisions.”
Lyndsey Rafferty, Senior Affiliation Supervisor for Conference Edinburgh, added: “We’re so happy that Edinburgh has been chosen because the host metropolis for VisitBritain’s first Affiliation Convention.
“Along with our companions within the metropolis, we look ahead to welcoming the attendees to Scotland’s capital and the EICC in February.
Edinburgh is an excellent enterprise occasions vacation spot – with its pioneering historical past and trendy tradition, it’s a place to attach, collaborate and be impressed.”
