Your Exhibition Stand Partner in London
Exhibit Elevate works across both venues, designing, building, and installing exhibition stands for shows at ExCeL, Olympia, and other locations across London. Everything happens under one roof, handled by our own in-house team — from custom builds through modular and reusable systems — so nothing gets handed off to a subcontractor halfway through.
That is more important than it appears. Exhibitors are often managing a designer, builder, and install team who’ve never worked together before, and the seams appear when there’s little time to mend them. One team from first sketch to final teardown removes that risk — which is exactly why exhibitors keep coming back to us as their exhibition stand partner in London, show after show.
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What Every Exhibitor Should Know Before Choosing a London Venue
Most competitor pages list ExCeL and Olympia as if they’re interchangeable. They’re not, and getting this wrong affects your stand design, not just your travel plans.
ExCeL and Olympia are owned by genuinely different groups. Since 2008, Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company has owned ExCeL. This is one reason why it has grown so quickly while other European places have slowed down. Olympia is a separate building that was just finished a £1.3 billion makeover to turn it into a mixed-use attraction.
The halls themselves demand different stand approaches. ExCeL’s flat, pillar-free halls suit large custom builds at scale. Olympia’s smaller, more historic spaces — some dating back to 1886 — often need designs tailored to specific hall dimensions rather than a standard modular kit.
Airport access differs by venue. London City Airport is five minutes from ExCeL and was built for short-haul European and business routes. Olympia is about 40 minutes from Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest intercontinental terminals Where your freight and team are travelling from should influence which venue’s logistics you plan around.
Olympia now has a reason for visitors to linger. Its regeneration added two hotels, 30-plus restaurants and bars, and a 1,575-seat theatre, which changes dwell time and foot traffic patterns compared with a venue that’s purely functional.
We factor all of this into every London project from the first design conversation. You don’t discover a venue-specific mismatch on the show floor when we’ve already accounted for it in the brief.
What You Get With Exhibit Elevate in London
- Experience across both major London venues. We know what works in ExCeL's vast Docklands halls and what works in Olympia's more compact West Kensington footprint — and we don't design for one as if it were the other.
- In-house design and production. Every stand is built by our own team, start to finish, not passed between subcontractors.
- A seamless, full-service process. From first concept through installation and dismantling, all managed under one roof.
- Quality that holds up under pressure. Built to perform on tight deadlines without cutting corners on finish or materials.
- A dedicated project manager. Real people managing your project, not a call centre relaying updates.
How We Deliver Your Exhibition Stand in London
Why Exhibitors Choose Exhibit Elevate as Their Exhibition Stand Builders in London
Exhibiting in London means choosing between two genuinely different venues, each with its own audience, layout, and rhythm — and getting that choice right matters as much as the design of the stand itself. Venue-specific logistics, hall dimensions, and freight timing can derail an otherwise strong stand if they’re not managed by a team that already understands the difference between ExCeL and Olympia — and by the time most exhibitors find that out, it’s too late to fix.
We built our entire London process around not letting that happen. Every approval gets handled before it becomes urgent. Every stage — from first concept to final teardown — stays with the same in-house team, so nothing gets lost in a handoff between vendors who’ve never actually worked together before. That’s not a small thing when your show date is fixed and there’s no room for a delay.
If you’re planning your next show in London, let’s start with a free 3D design. We’ll give you an honest, specific look at what your venue, budget, and timeline can actually support — from a team that’s done this before and knows exactly what it takes to get it right.