On Wed, 20 Dec 2017, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > It is a question of international airports. London is a global hub, > Birmingham and Manchester are not. They are also rather far out of the > city. To visit my parents in Birmingham, I usually fly to Heathrow. > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Which begs the question of why we chose London and not one of the other > > big cities in the UK. > > > > - Stewart Global Hub cities suits us best for several reasons: * Large range of hotels and other accommodation * Convention Center or large hotel with enough meeting rooms * Large range of shops and restaurants * Easy access to public transportation ... and of course that there are N number of flights (or trains, or...) in and out of the city where N is large. Ole