... at: johanna.kokkomaki@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Organizations Intermediaries Communication Conferences Commercial services Several kinds of organisations gather together with their personnel and stakeholders for meetings somewhere else other than in their own facilities...

... the main towns. Design/methodology/approach The study consists of a quantitative analysis. A questionnaire has been drawn up and handed over to conference attendees during the last day of their presence at the event. The questionnaire is structured in three main parts: characteristics of the conference...