2012 AND BEYOND - London & Partners
2012 AND BEYOND - London & Partners
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06 Section 02: Setting the scene<br />
07<br />
<strong>London</strong> is great for...<br />
Le Grand Départ, The Tour de France,<br />
overlooked by the Houses of Parliament<br />
Events:<br />
• Unrivalled media attention - over 200 international media bureaux<br />
• Superb venues for every conceivable event type<br />
• Site of the world’s busiest entertainment venue – The O 2<br />
• Home to the world’s most creative event management companies<br />
• A population that loves sport, the arts and doing business<br />
Sport:<br />
• Stage for the <strong>London</strong> <strong>2012</strong> Olympic and Paralympic Games<br />
• Venue for numerous world-famous sporting events - e.g. The Wimbledon Championships<br />
• 13 professional football clubs<br />
• 147 parks, including eight Royal Parks<br />
• Home to the world’s largest one-day charity fundraising event - The Virgin <strong>London</strong> Marathon<br />
Business and finance:<br />
• More than 3,500 meeting venues<br />
• Over 480 international banks<br />
• Headquarters of over 100 of Europe’s 500 largest companies<br />
• 75% of Fortune 500 companies have <strong>London</strong> offices<br />
• 70%+ of top 100 listed companies (FTSE 100)<br />
Tourism:<br />
• 285 million tourism day trips every year<br />
• 26 million overnight visitors a year<br />
• More than 100,000 hotel rooms increasing to over 110,000 by the end of <strong>2012</strong><br />
• Accommodation to suit every budget, every brief<br />
• Myriad historical sites and visitor attractions<br />
Travel:<br />
• Five international airports<br />
• Air connections to and from over 300 international destinations<br />
• National hub for rail and coach travel<br />
• <strong>London</strong>’s public transport system provides 12 million trips per day<br />
• Eurostar rail link to Brussels in just 1 hour 51 mins and Paris in 2 hours 15 mins<br />
Culture and the arts:<br />
• More than 300 world-renowned museums and galleries<br />
• Four World Heritage sites<br />
• Over 300 languages spoken<br />
• 150 theatres<br />
• Home to the world’s longest-running musical – Les Misérables<br />
Restaurants and retail:<br />
• Collectively, <strong>London</strong> restaurants have 55 Michelin stars<br />
• More than 8,000 restaurants, offering cuisine from 70 major countries<br />
• More than 40,000 shops<br />
• 80 individual markets<br />
• Westfield Stratford City – Europe’s largest retail complex, overlooking the Olympic Park.
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