The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has been recognised at this year’s Scottish Thistle Awards, which took place at EICC on 9 February.
The Scottish Thistle Awards, delivered by VisitScotland, celebrate the best of tourism in Scotland.
COP26: legacy
The SEC won the Best Business Event award for hosting the United Nationals Conference of Parties (COP26) in November 2021.
The Best Business Event award celebrates recognises business events as catalysts for economic and social transformation and recognises the value of business events as an industry, which is worth around £2bn to the Scottish economy.
Judges praised the SEC for its “excellent cross agency collaboration” in hosting an event of this scale that had “the power to truly change the world.”
They also highlighted the impacts and legacy of the event on the international business events community in driving up new standards in event sustainability.
Neil Brownlee, head of business events, VisitScotland, said: “COP26 was a unique business event of great complexity and importance that showcased Scotland to the world. The SEC should be commended for their local and international partnership working to deliver a best-practice business event that continues to have an impact today.
“As the calibre of this winner demonstrates, Business Events in Scotland are catalysts for social and economic transformation. They touch every industry, business and community in the country, and are critical to ensuring the wider global economic recovery.”
