A Magical Beginning for the BT Convention Centre

4 Feb 08

ACC Liverpool is to mark its opening with magic and martinis at Confex.

The UK's newest convention centre is to celebrate its recent opening with a combination of magic and martinis at this year's Confex.

ACC Liverpool, home of the BT Convention Centre, officially opened on January 12th with the launch of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture and is welcoming a whole host of organisations in its first months, including the Liberal Democrats, the National Association of Headteachers and the British Chambers of Commerce.

Delegates visiting stand B451 will be able to sip martinis and be entertained by our magician, as well as meeting the team behind a development which has transformed Liverpool into the conference destination of choice.

ACC Liverpool is an architecturally-stunning, £164m development on the city's famous King's Waterfront. The BT Convention Centre has 1,350 seats, a 3725 sq metre multi-purpose hall and 18 further meeting rooms offering complete flexibility. Total exhibition space is in excess of 7000 sq metres. The adjoining Liverpool Echo Arena will have 10,600 seats play host to major entertainment and sporting events.

All catering is provided by celebrity chef Paul Heathcote's company, Heathcotes. ACC Liverpool aims to be the most environmentally-friendly facility of its kind in Europe, with its own purpose-built wind farm, rainwater harvesting on the roof and a design which will produce half the CO 2 emissions of a traditional building. 

Jacquie Rogers, BT Convention Centre General Manager, said: "ACC Liverpool has been several years and millions of pounds in the making and so it is wonderful that we’re now in a position to be welcoming organisations and their delegates through our doors.

"Even better is the fact that the organisations who have chosen the BT Convention Centre in its very first year are of such a high calibre – with everyone from the Royal College of Nursing to the Liberal Democrats and the National Association of Headteachers set to bring their events to the city this year.

"Liverpool really is a fantastic place, a place I’m confident people will be bowled over by when they arrive here – and that goes doubly during this very special year as it celebrates its reign as European Capital of Culture."