Excel London, part of ADNEC Group, which celebrates its 25th anniversary
this year, welcomed its 60 millionth visitor this week during the Learning Technologies exhibition.
Excel, which opened its doors in London’s Royal Docks in 2000, has gone on to stage everything from the G20 Summit (2009) and 13 events in the Olympic and Paralympic Games (2012), to flagship gatherings for the likes of Google, Bett, Amazon and Adobe, as well as major trade shows such as the World Travel Market.
In addition to staging some of the worlds’ largest medical congresses, the venue also played its part during the pandemic by transforming – in just nine days – into the NHS Nightingale Hospital London.
More recently, it has become a fan-favourite hosting popular consumer shows such as MCM
Comic Con, and becoming the world’s only indoor/outdoor racetrack for electric race series Formula E. It’s even provided numerous film locations for major Hollywood movies including
Mission Impossible and Batman Begins, together with music videos for the likes of Ed Sheeran
and Labrinth.
Today, the venue attracts around four million visitors a year – a million of whom travel from overseas – hosts around 400 events, supports more than 37,000 jobs and contributes to the London and UK economy through business and leisure tourism.
As well as being its 25th anniversary, this year will see Excel become the largest fully integrated
venue in Europe as it completes an additional 25,000sqm expansion as part of a key project of
ADNEC Group, tallying 125,000sqm in total.
Furthermore, this summer the venue will put the finishing touches to its new waterfront immersive
entertainment district – Immerse LDN – which has already sold more than one million tickets to
attractions such as The Formula 1® Exhibition.
The lucky visitor turned out to be Nigel Fowler who travelled from Cardiff to attend the Learning
Technologies exhibition, hosted by organiser CloserStill Media. As a prize, Mr Fowler received a
bottle of champagne, tickets to Immerse LDN and a stay in a hotel, presented to him by Caroline
Gourlay from Excel and Suzanne King, COO of CloserStill.
