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Table 3

Roles and tasks of convention bureaux

Roles	Tasks
Agent	1. Answering the inquiries of events organisers/hosts 2. Searching for request for proposals and making bids 3. Mediating between organisers/hosts of events and entrepreneurs from the local meetings industry 4. Cooperating with other convention bureaux
Leader	5. Providing direction for the local meetings industry’s development 6. Conducting research on the local meetings industry
Coordinator	7. Creating the destination meetings industry product (combining the local entities’ offers) 8. Coordinating local meetings industry’s activities and creating local cooperation environment
Representative	9. Indicating the importance of the meetings industry in a city 10. Mediating between local meetings industry entrepreneurs and local government 11. Mediating between entrepreneurs in the local meetings industry and related industries (e.g. culture, finance, recreation)
Marketer	12. Promoting the destination meetings industry product

Roles	Tasks
Agent	1. Answering the inquiries of events organisers/hosts2. Searching for request for proposals and making bids3. Mediating between organisers/hosts of events and entrepreneurs from the local meetings industry4. Cooperating with other convention bureaux
Leader	5. Providing direction for the local meetings industry’s development6. Conducting research on the local meetings industry
Coordinator	7. Creating the destination meetings industry product (combining the local entities’ offers)8. Coordinating local meetings industry’s activities and creating local cooperation environment
Representative	9. Indicating the importance of the meetings industry in a city10. Mediating between local meetings industry entrepreneurs and local government11. Mediating between entrepreneurs in the local meetings industry and related industries (e.g. culture, finance, recreation)
Marketer	12. Promoting the destination meetings industry product

Source: Own elaboration