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Table 2

Differences between USA and non-US convention bureaux

Differences	US convention bureaux	non-US CB (especially European CB)
Operational area	Leisure and business tourism	Business tourism
Represented area	City or region	City or region or country
Size	Higher annual budget Higher number of employees Bigger local meetings industry	Lower annual budget Lower number of employees Smaller local meetings industry
Main market	Domestic B2B and B2C	International B2B
Priority meetings to bid for	Association meetings Corporate events SMERF	Association meetings
Funding	Bed tax	Grants or allocation from government membership fees Bed tax
Activities	Marketing to the tourist and leisure travellers Sales to the meetings market Services for the meetings market	Sales to the meetings market Services for the meetings market

Differences	US convention bureaux	non-US CB(especially European CB)
Operational area	Leisure and business tourism	Business tourism
Represented area	City or region	City or region or country
Size	Higher annual budgetHigher number of employeesBigger local meetings industry	Lower annual budgetLower number of employeesSmaller local meetings industry
Main market	DomesticB2B and B2C	InternationalB2B
Priority meetings to bid for	Association meetingsCorporate eventsSMERF	Association meetings
Funding	Bed tax	Grants or allocation from government membership feesBed tax
Activities	Marketing to the tourist and leisure travellersSales to the meetings marketServices for the meetings market	Sales to the meetings marketServices for the meetings market

Sources: Own elaboration on the basis of Ford and Peeper (2008), Getz (2003), Mutschlechner (2012) and Palmer and Bejou (1995)