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Article: Convention Centre shows pulling power; Rivals are already losing out on events.(Business)(Conference news)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- January 2, 2008
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Byline: BY ALISTAIR HOUGHTON Daily Post Business Staff
LIVERPOOL'S new waterfront convention centre is "robbing" events from rival Manchester "like crazy", it has been claimed.
The BT Convention Centre, part of the pounds 160m ACC Liverpool complex at Kings Waterfront, has already signed up to host more than 160 conventions and conferences.
The centre is expected to bring millions of pounds into the local economy as thousands of delegates and their families flock to Liverpool for events as diverse as the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference and the International Lung Cancer Conference.
It will not hold its first conference until May, but ...