A delegation of St. Louis business and civic leaders will travel to London next week to pitch global business investment in the St. Louis metro. The trip will coincide with the Cardinals’ series against the Chicago Cubs.

The delegation is being led by Greater St. Louis, Inc., Explore St. Louis, and the World Trade Center St. Louis (the international division of SLEDP), groups that were also part of the collaborative effort to bring to St. Louis the first nonstop flight to continental Europe in over 20 years on Lufthansa. That flight recently celebrated its first anniversary. Read more here.