A 鈥15 in 鈥15鈥 list of major events taking place next year has been compiled by Birmingham鈥檚 business tourism experts.
The list has been compiled by Meet Birmingham for international business travel trade show IMEX, which takes place in Frankfurt this week.
Ian Taylor, commercial director of Marketing Birmingham, which operates Meet Birmingham, said: 鈥淣ext year is set to be one of Birmingham鈥檚 busiest and most exciting periods for over a decade.
鈥淭he city鈥檚 visitor economy has grown by 11 per cent over the past six years 鈥 resulting in a record number of tourists and spend, with 33.8 million visitors contributing more than 拢5 billion to the local economy.
鈥淏irmingham is building an exciting future for itself as a leading international destination with significant infrastructure changes set to open up the city to new markets and tourists. We look forward to welcoming even more business tourism visitors to experience the region in the coming years.鈥
Birmingham鈥檚 15 in 鈥15:
1 Birmingham New Street Station 拢600 million redevelopment completed
2 Grand Central Birmingham opens, including the
3 completed at聽The Mailbox
4 拢150 million integrated leisure complex Resorts World opens
5 拢127 million extension completed
6 Birmingham鈥檚 accommodation sector to be boosted by 1,000 more bedrooms including new 4 star, 300 room hotel development at Park Regis Birmingham
7 Rugby World Cup 2015 matches at Villa Park
8 25th anniversary
9 拢26 million redevelopment completed at live entertainment venue, the National Indoor Arena (NIA)
10 拢20 million department store at Bullring
11 300-year anniversary of
12 England v Australia Ashes Test match cricket at Edgbaston Stadium (starts July 29)
13 World famous Tolkien Middle Earth Weekend returns
14 Birmingham鈥檚 iconic Rotunda building, which now includes five-star apartment company Staying Cool, celebrates its 50th anniversary
15 Contemporary art gallery
