Regions & Cities: The EU Agencies Race

and conferences. Securing the relocation of an
agency could be a boon for any future host city.
"[Their departure] will be felt," said the manager
of a hotel in Canary Wharf, who did not want to
share her name. "Depending on who moves into
the building, we don't know if they will generate
the same number of travellers."
Without specifying the exact amount, she said
bookings directly from the EMA", adding that a
number of other EMA visitors book privately and
are therefore harder to track.
REGULAR CUSTOMERS
Liga, the manager of a bar-restaurant opposite
the EMA, likewise highlighted the importance
survives on the business created by people
working in the buildings around it.
She pointed at two people sitting by a window in
the restaurant, deep in conversation. "These two
guys, they are from Switzerland," she said. "They
work in the drug industry so they come here all
the time. They are coming once a month and
staying for like a week, and they are becoming
our regular customers because it's just across
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