Birmingham has a deserved reputation as a great place to go for an office conference and also one of the UK’s premier cities in which to hold an exhibition. Centrally located with excellent rail, road and air links to all other major UK cities Birmingham, provides superb conference facilities at various venues. This includes; the custom-built International Conference Centre (ICC), the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and also at the adjacent Birmingham International Airport.
Indeed, the ICC in particular is a world-class venue offering 11 differently sized halls and 10 executive meeting rooms, able to cater for conferences up to 3,000 delegates. It also includes the celebrated Symphony Hall – venue to some celebrated classical and contemporary concerts performed by artists such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sharleen Spiteri, amongst countless others.
But as the latter illustrates, the city offers so much more than merely top-class conference facilities, as anyone who has ever been there on business will tell you. Of course, if you have had the time to venture outside of the hotel then you will have found an interesting and vivacious city with many a leisure attraction on offer. Professional sports teams, fantastic concert facilities - such as the NEC Arena and the National Indoor Arena (NIA).
And of course, one of the UK’s premier shopping malls all await the leisure traveller to Birmingham. Open seven days a week, the recently re-built and re-opened Bullring is a retail nirvana for the dedicated shopper.
Birmingham also boasts one of the Premier League’s current top teams in Aston Villa, but sadly also one of the worst performing in West Bromwich Albion (WBA). One level below in the Football League Championship, Birmingham City and nearby neighbours Wolverhampton Wanderers are challenging for the title and may soon be stepping up a division to join Villa and hopefully WBA - if they can escape the Premier League relegation zone.
What's more, for those interested in England’s industrial past Birmingham is well worth a visit. At the northern hub of the Grand Union Canal - which can be navigated along its entire 137 mile length to London by narrow boat - Birmingham also boasts a network of local canals. The intriguing Gas Street Basin is certainly a place to visit for anyone who revels in investigating a bygone age. Here are moored a veritable fleet of narrow boats and just a short stroll away visitors can also reach the Sea Life Centre and the NIA.
Indeed, there really is much more to Birmingham than being a hub for office conferences; therefore, whether a conference is held at one of the top venues or even at one of the many Birmingham hotels, perhaps it is worth taking the time afterwards to investigate Birmingham’s vast array of leisure attractions.
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