The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 wrapped up yesterday after an inspirational week that will shape the future of sport and leave a transformative legacy in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

A Key Step Toward Creating a Vibrant Sports Quarter and New World Class Stadium: Knighthead’s ambition for Birmingham City Football Club is to become a beacon of excellence for Birmingham on the global stage, boosted by the new Sports Quarter infrastructure plans 
 

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed £1.2 billion to the UK economy, with nearly half of that in the West Midlands alone

The Games contributed £79.5 million in social value, including community benefits and increases in wellbeing and earnings of volunteers and those trained as part the Games

• Research reveals that sports tourism was responsible for 1 in 7 visits to the West Midlands
• The West Midlands to welcome 1,500 global sporting leaders at the SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit (7-11 April)

Two West Midlands organisations behind an award-winning jobs and skills partnership have marked eight years of their successful link-up.

VisitEngland has today, 25 March, announced Pete Chambers from the Coventry Music Museum is the winner of its Tourism Superstar 2024 competition

The stars of the West Midlands tourism industry have been crowned at the 2024 West Midlands Tourism Awards, celebrating 14 winners from the region’s visitor attractions and venues. 

Budget airline easyJet has opened a new base at Birmingham Airport in a move that creates 140 jobs for pilots and crew in the UK.

• National tourism agency announces location of new Birmingham hub from April
• West Midlands announced as second English pilot region for Destination Development Partnership (DDP) concept
• English Tourism Week (15-24 March) to shine spotlight on West Midlands’ visitor economy sector

City of Wolverhampton Council’s transformation of the Civic Halls has been shortlisted for a hat-trick of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) West Midlands awards.

• West Midlands confirms participation at leading trade event UKREiiF

• First time the West Midlands will exhibit together, showcasing the collective power of the region 

• Three-day event in Leeds will give West Midlands the chance to promote a portfolio of investment opportunities worth more than £20 billion