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Travel and Accommodation 

Travel
 Flights

Glasgow is served by two international airports: Glasgow Airport is the main airport and lies about 15km west of the city centre (and conference venue); Prestwick Airport is used mainly by Ryanair and lies about 50km south-west of the city centre.

British Airways and BMI have regular flights from London Heathrow and other UK destinations to Glasgow Airport - these are often well priced from London, but can be expensive. Heathrow is also an extremely large airport which means a lot of walking and congestion in the air - give plenty of times for changeovers - it may take your flight a while to land and you will probably have a long walk in the terminal. Amsterdam can also be used for connections to Glasgow - with regular flights by KLM and EasyJet.

London's Luton and Stansted airports provide regular low-cost services to Glasgow/Prestwick operated by EasyJet or Ryanair.

As well as flights from many UK airports (e.g. by BA, BMI, EasyJet, and Ryanair) there are at regular direct flights from/to:

 
 

Glasgow Airport
Amsterdam KLM or EasyJet
Chicago American
Copenhagen     BMI / SAS
Cork British Airways
Dubai Emirates
Dublin Aer Lingus
Jersey BMI
New York Continental
Reykjavik Icelandair
Toronto Air Canada

Prestwick Airport
Barcelona - Girona Ryanair*
Brussels - Charleroi Ryanair*
Dublin Ryanair*
Gothenburg Ryanair*
Frankfurt - Hahn Ryanair*
Milan - Bergamo Ryanair*
Oslo - Torp Ryanair*
Paris Beauvais Ryanair*
Stockholm - Skavsta     Ryanair*

* Ryanair typically fly from cheaper airports than the main airports serving cities - these are often quite far from centres but are cheaper in flight costs

 
 Roads to Glasgow

The SECC is just off the M8 and is within a mile of the city centre.

 Rail to Glasgow

Timetable enquiries at National Rail Enquiries. In Scotland, ScotRail operates most services and the sleepers to London, with Virgin and GNER doing most day-time services to England. The journey from London is about 5 hours 30.

 Accommodation

Glasgow has dozens of hotels to suit every price range. The tourist information website also has extensive details on accommodation and attractions/events around Glasgow - too many to list individually here.
The SECC Accomodation page lists more.

 
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