Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and is surrounded by some of the most breathtaking scenery in Western Europe, made famous down the years in verse and song. Today, the city has emerged as the cultural, commercial and convention capital of Scotland.

The finest specimen of Victorian architecture in Europe according to the late poet laureate Sir John Betjeman, the city made ships and gigantic locomotives and powerful machines. But most of all, it made friends.

Glasgow’s ability to marry tradition and innovation coupled with its advantageous associations with Europe and North America make it the ideal location for national and international events, large or small.

Award winning museums, fabulous shopping and restaurants that allow you to eat in a different country every night, Glasgow has become the number one tourist destination in Scotland.

This is the city of Victorian opulence and Mackintosh austerity with everything from Georgian and Regency elegance thrown in for good measure. Here too is the cultural heart of Scotland en fete 52 weeks of the year. Here you will find a mixture of the Great Indoors and the Great Outdoors to suit every taste. Live theatre, a packed concert programme, international sporting events, pop festivals, arts festivals, shopping festivals-from international designer houses to souvenir shops. Readers of Conde Nast Traveller voted Glasgow - Best UK City 1998.

The world has been meeting in Glasgow for over a hundred years. In 1888 eleven million visitors attended the International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art. Nine million visitors came to the Glasgow International Exhibition of 1901 and the Empire Exhibition of 1938 attracted over thirteen million visitors.

The tradition has continued with the city hosting the National Garden Festival in 1988, the Cultural Capital of Europe in 1990, the UK City of Architecture and Design 1999 and was European Capital of Sport last year.