About London

• London has been voted Europe’s ‘best business city’ for the past 15 years
• London is one of the world’s top three international financial centres along with New York and Tokyo
• 75% of the world’s top 500 companies have an office in London
• 20% of Europe’s largest companies are located in London
• 33% of the Fortune Global 500 have their European HQs in London
• London attracts 7m business visitors each year
• London is the best-connected international city in the world, with direct flights to 160 global destinations, and five airports
• London has more than 18,000 taxis!

• London City Airport is just a 10-minute taxi drive from the ExCeL, with connections to over 25 major European cities, and an emphasis on the business traveller
• Canary Wharf, London’s fastest growing business district with more than 80,000 professionals, is just 15 minutes away
• Six hotels are located on the ExCel campus, with a variety of accommodation prices to suit all budgets
• Some of London’s most famous landmarks – the Tower Bridge, The Greenwich Meridian Line and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre – are just down the river
• There are now more than 400 new riverside bar and restaurant ‘hot spots’ and retail outlets in Canary Wharf, St. Katherine Docks and West India Quay