Venue and Accommodation - The Lowry Hotel

The award-winning Lowry Hotel will be the setting for our Annual Conference and Awards Dinner. The hotel is ideally situated on the banks of the River Irwell in the recently-developed Chapel Wharf area on the Salford-Manchester boundary. The first five-star hotel in Greater Manchester, The Lowry Hotel makes a bold contemporary architectural statement with its dramatic, curved, glass-fronted façade that creates a light and airy feel within the hotel interior.

Next to Calatrava's landmark Trinity Bridge, The Lowry Hotel is perfectly located for easy access to central Manchester and the main shopping and commercial districts. The hotel is also within ten miles of Manchester Airport and close to the railway station. The hotel also has excellent car parking facilities.

All BBAA subsidised rooms for a Deluxe room for an overnight stay at the Lowry Hotel have now sold out. Luxury rooms are still available for attendees for a special rate of £150 + VAT. 
If you decide to take advantage of this last  minute offer please get in touch with Guy Willmington at guy@bbaa.org.uk.

 
The Lowry Hotel, Manchester - the setting for our events

At The Lowry Hotel chic, cutting-edge design blends seamlessly with an attention to detail and a level of personalised service that ensures hotel guests enjoy the highest standards. Each one of the hotel's spacious 164 rooms and suites provide the maximum comfort and ease for guests with an elegant combination of neutral tones, clean lines of dark woods and sleek furnishings.

Manchester

A major international business location and destination, Manchester is an original and modern city with a proud tradition of entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. 

Manchester has transformed itself from an industrial city dependent on manufacturing to a thriving, knowledge-based economy. In the 4 years after hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2002, the city attracted around £2 billion of private sector investment that created 45,000 jobs. Through energy and enterprise, it has developed into the city it is today: diverse, vibrant, dynamic and ambitious.

Manchester is the largest and fastest growing economy outside London and the economic powerhouse of North West England. It is the regional centre for finance, commerce, retail, culture and leisure, home to an excellent, major international airport and to world-class conference facilities and universities with one of the largest student populations in Europe.

Manchester was voted best city in Britain to do business (Omis, 2006) and is a top European business location (European Cities Monitor). The Manchester City Region is now home to over 2,000 foreign owned companies including Adidas, AIG, Bank of New York Mellon and Google.