ExCeL London has recorded its highest number of new event launches since 2017, rounding off a successful 2022.
Despite not hosting events for the first six weeks of 2022 due to the pandemic, the carbon neutral venue hosted 16 new shows – in addition to a further dozen relocated from other venues – making a total of 350.
Musical Con, Reset Connect and the Clean & Tidy Home Show all took place at ExCeL alongside events such as the all-electric Formula E motorsport series, World Travel Market – attended by MP Nigel Huddleston – the London Triathlon, Bett, and Jurassic World: The Exhibition – the latter now its longest running.
Simon Mills, COO, ExCeL, said: “This year has been incredibly important for ExCeL and, more importantly, for London and the wider UK events industry. The ongoing effects caused by the pandemic meant venues like ours didn’t properly start 2022 until mid-February, so to achieve all that we have inside 10 ½ months is a huge achievement.
“To host 16 new shows is very rewarding and just goes to show the appetite for face-to-face events, as well as the hard work and confidence of the event organisers behind them – many of whom committed back in 2021.”
