In 2023, Scotland’s Edinburgh International Conference
Centre (EICC) reported a record revenue of £12.8 million, along with a record
profit of £2.6 million.
The economic impact figure, which relates to the direct
benefit of conferences and events taking place at the EICC to Edinburgh and the
surrounding region, totalled £58 million in 2023, with the total economic
impact since the EICC opened its doors in 1995 set at approximately £850
million.
The venue hosted more than 132,000 delegates and visitors throughout
2023, with 18 international associations holding major conferences at the EICC,
including the Global Equity Organisation’s 24th annual conference in April, the
15th World Congress on Endometriosis in May, and HYDRO 2023 in October.
EICC CEO Marshall Dallas said: “Holding large international
association conferences is a significant part of our raison d’être, and in the
current year we already have twenty-one international conferences confirmed to
take place, so that’s a really encouraging number for us and for business
tourism in general in Edinburgh and Scotland.”
Two of the major international association conferences
taking place in 2024 at the EICC are the World Congress on Controversies in
Breast Cancer in September, and the 36th International Papillomavirus
Conference in November.
In December, the EICC announced a string of major conference
wins over the next three years that will equate to its strongest ever pipeline
of events business. The 40 conferences
and events will bring around 20,000 delegates to Edinburgh and the EICC and
translate to around £32 million of economic impact.
