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The Nation’s Experience Capital, celebrating 50 years of memorable experiences. Officially opened in 1976, the NEC has grown into the UK’s most iconic event destination,comprisingthe NEC Campus, bp pulse LIVE, Utilita Arena Birmingham, the ICC, Vox conferencevenue, and a newly launched immersive experience venue. Across its spaces, the NEC haswelcomed over 153 million visitors tomore than36,000 events over the past 50 years.

Alexandra Palace is a venue like no other and has been innovating and entertaining visitors since 1873. Boasting six incredible event spaces with capacities ranging from 100 - 10,000 and set within 196 acres of parkland, with some of the best panoramic views of London, the iconic venue also has an international-sized ice rink. The venue allows plenty of room for creativity through its flexible infrastructure. As the ultimate blank canvas, it offers a remarkable space for conferences, exhibitions, experiential events, concerts, product launches, fashion shows and filming. Alexandra Palace was first opened 150 years ago having been designed as the ‘Palace of the People’, to provide entertainment and recreation for the masses. Today the Park and Palace are run by a charity – the Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust – which continues this mission by hosting a programme of culture, leisure and learning, as well as continuing to care for and restore the listed Palace and award-winning park.

The O2 is the world’s most popular live entertainment, leisure, and retail destination, and has been visited by over 100 million people since opening in 2007. Playing host to over 300 events a year, The O2 is home to The O2 arena which was recognised as Billboard’s ‘Venue of the Decade’ for the 2020’s, and ‘Venue of the Year’ at the 2022 LIVE Awards, as well as club-sized music venue indigo at The O2. A full day-out destination, there’s plenty to explore at The O2 including the award-winning roofwalk attraction, Up at The O2; Outlet Shopping at The O2, with up to 70% off RRP on over 60 designer brands including adidas, Calvin Klein, Levi’s, Nike, Superdry, and Tommy Hilfiger; interactive football experience TOCA Social; London’s first iFLY Indoor Skydiving; ‘gaming battleground’ BOOM BATTLE BAR; Cineworld, London’s largest cinema with 19 screens; the 12-lane boutique Hollywood Bowl; Oxygen Freejumping trampoline park; immersive dining experience Mamma Mia! The Party; interactive photo experience Selfie Factory, and over 30 bars and restaurants. Conveniently located just 15 minutes from Central London, The O2 is easily accessible via road, tube, bus, or boat.