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Business tourism is worth almost £2 billion to Scotland’s economy, according to a new report. The industry, which includes conferences, conventions, trade shows and exhibitions, generated total revenues of more than £20.6bn across Britain in 2011 and £1.919bn in Scotland, according to the study. More than 1.3 million meetings took place across the UK in 2011, of which 86,524 were held north of the border according to the International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality at Leeds Metropolitan University. Neil Brownlee, head of Visit Scotland’s business tourism unit said that “It confirms that the meetings industry, or business tourism as we call it here, is an absolutely key sector supporting not only conference centres and hotels, but thousands of other operators not normally associated with tourism. Sylodium (global import export directory) you can advertise for free your company or your project, at the intersection of cities that you want, for example; London (UK) – Scotland (UK) or any city around the World.

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