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See all the latest news and press releases from Meet Birmingham.

• Team Birmingham ready to welcome Conservatives

  Birmingham, the only UK city to have hosted all three main political parties in the last two years, is rapidly being recognised as the home of political conferencing with the return of the Conservative Party Conference. The party will hold its autum...

  

• Launch event for new conferencing facilities at The Public

  On Monday 18 October, The Public in West Bromwich will be officially opening their new conference and meeting facilities, the Madeleine Carroll Suite. Named after the famous West Bromwich actress and humanitarian, the inspiring space occupies Level 2...

  

• Set sail in Birmingham: Sea legs optional!

  After two hugely successful years in London, The CRUISE Show, the UK’s only travel exhibition dedicated to cruising, is coming to the Midlands, promising to inspire and inform people about the fastest growing travel trend. A visit to the Birmingham ...

  

• World of Learning Conference & Exhibition

  Now in its 18th year, the World of Learning Conference & Exhibition will once again attract thousands of learning and development professionals to the NEC in Birmingham on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 September 2010. The premier event for business...

  

• Birmingham gears up to welcome Pope Benedict

  Pope Benedict will be visiting Birmingham on 19 September 2010 as part of his state visit to the United Kingdom. The Birmingham leg will be centred on the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman at Cofton Park, Birmingham. Cofton Park is adjacent ...

  

• Conference Aston launches ‘We Love Birmingham’ campaign

  Conference Aston will be giving visitors at the Group Travel Show at the NEC hundreds of reasons to love Birmingham, with the launch of a new campaign. The leading conference centre and hotel, situated at the heart of Birmingham, is launching its own...

  

• Selection of the best in Birmingham at Event UK!

  Variety is the order of the day for visitors to Birmingham Convention Bureau’s (BCB) stand at Event UK. One of the largest convention bureaus in the UK is working with a host of partners to demonstrate the sheer scope of the conference and event off...

  

• National Franchise Exhibition comes to Birmingham

  Anyone looking for their next challenge must visit The National Franchise Exhibition, the UK’s largest franchise event, held on 1 and 2 October 2010 at the NEC in Birmingham. It will be packed with superb business opportunities that could be life ch...

  

• Continental Christmas at The ICC Birmingham

  Leading European convention centre The ICC Birmingham is offering Christmas banqueting opportunities with a small twist this year, following research and consultation with clients. This year’s theme will be a ‘Continental Christmas’, and was dev...

  

• Visitors join together to celebrate Birmingham as culinary hot spot

  Thousands of food fans gathered in Cannon Hill Park last weekend to enjoy the city’s fifth Taste of Birmingham festival. Visitors flocked to enjoy sample size dishes from 16 restaurants and discover the best of the region’s food from over 80 local...

  

• Birmingham to host Green Party

  The Green Party is staging its autumn conference in Birmingham from 10 – 13 September. Around 500 delegates are expected and the event is estimated to be worth around £500,000 for the local economy. The conference takes place at Birmingham Conserva...

  

• Multi-million pound boost for Warwick

  Warwick Conferences, has just announced that all three of its training and conference centres are set to benefit from a multi-million pound rolling refurbishment programme, starting this September.The £2.6 million investment is indicative of Warwick ...

  

• Birmingham's visitor economy continues to grow

  Visitors to Birmingham up to 32.6m in 2009 from 32.2m in 2008 Accommodation sector enjoys £12m increase in expenditure to £168m Average number of days spent in city up by 2% Total revenue from budget-conscious visitors drops by 4% Birminghamâ€...

  

• First step on NIA upgrade programme

  The NIA has initiated its first step to upgrade the 20-year-old building. Following on from the highly successful £29 million refurbishment of its sister venue – the LG Arena – the city-centre National Indoor Arena (The NIA) is looking to...