London Convention Center & London Meeting Hotels

London Convention Center Information

ExCeL Exhibition Centre
The largest major convention center in London, the £300 million ExCeL Exhibition Centre opened in November 2000 and has since hosted over 1,500 events. Its location in the redeveloped Docklands Area, which boasts more than 20 restaurants, bars and hotels, makes it a convenient spot to transition from work to play. The centre also has five on-site hotels, including Novotel, Ramada Inn & Suites and Crowne Plaza, which together provide conference goers with a total of 1,500 rooms. For larger conferences, there are more than 7,500 additional rooms within walking distance.

ExCeL Exhibition Centre-Platinum Suite

Spanning 90,000 square meters, the building has two column-free rectangular halls that together cover 65,000 square meters. Movable walls create a flexible environment for accommodating any range of event sizes. The centre also boasts London's largest auditorium, with room for over 500 guests, and 45 gallery rooms, offering waterfront views of Royal Victoria Dock and room for 20 to 200 people. Additionally, a three-level self-contained Platinum Suite provides a private, elegant setting for 400 to 1,100 people and has its own registration area, lobby and bar.

ExCeL Exhibition Centre matches its stunning space with quality amenities, including an in-house audio-visual team of Blitz Communications, Ltd., one of Europe's leading audio-visual companies. The centre has high-speed Internet access and wireless Internet capabilities, as well as in-house catering by Leith's, ready to provide menus for conferences, parties and galas. The centre has three on-site pay parking lots with over 3,700 spaces, and it is also accessible by the Docklands Light Railway and the Underground.

1 Western Gateway
Royal Victoria Dock
London
E16 1XL
Phone: +44 20 7069 4000

Business Design Centre

Business Design Centre
The Business Design Centre in Islington was saved from demolition in 1981 by entrepreneur Sam Morris. Opened five years later in 1986, the fully-restored centre became the United Kingdom's first integrated trade, exhibition and conference complex. The centre offers roughly 6,000 square meters of exhibition space, housed under a barrel-vaulted ceiling flooded with natural light. Its Conference Centre is ideal for breakout sessions and VIP lounges, as its moveable walls can create up to nine interlinking rooms or a total of over 1,000 square meters.

Among its many amenities, the Business Design Centre has on-site catering provided by the Good Eating Company and audio-visual services by AVC Productions. The centre sits adjacent to the 184 rooms at the Hilton London Islington, and also has 285 on-site parking spaces.

52 Upper Street
Islington
London
N1 0QH
Phone: +44 20 7359 3535

The Congress Centre
In the heart of West End, the Congress Centre is one of London's leading event and conference locations. Having recently undergone a £4.2 million renovation, the Congress Centre boasts 13 impressive meeting rooms for both large and small events.

The elegant Marble Hall, with marble finishes and a captivating view of the famous Epstein statue, holds up to 250 guests, while the stylish meeting rooms filled with natural light can hold groups of 15 to 75 people. The other facilities at the centre can play host to groups as small as six people to as large as 800 people. The centre's Bedford Suite, located nearby, is an exclusive boardroom, studio room and meeting room complex that offers a reception area, Internet station and beverage bar. The suite, which offers a completely private meeting space when all spaces are booked, can accommodate up to 35 guests.

The Congress Centre is one of the best-equipped venues in London, with plasma screens, video conferencing and webcasting capability, and wireless Internet being used in its various rooms. The centre also has in-house catering and menus for day, breakfast or lunch and evening meals. The centre has discounted rates at nearby four-star hotels, including the Radisson and Edwardian, which is directly opposite the centre. Its convenient location also places guests in the vibrant neighborhood of West End, near Covent Garden, Oxford Street shopping and the shows and plays at Theatreland. Parking lots and metered street parking are also within walking distance to the centre.

28 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3LS
Phone: +44 20 7467 1318

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