Table 4

Characteristics of European and North American convention bureaux

RolesEuropean CBNorth American CVB
Number of institutions in the sample4114
Average time of operation [in years]15[n = 38]59[n = 13]
Average number of full-time employees9[n = 41]89[n = 14]
Organisational forms: [n = 40] [n = 14]
- Non-profit public–private partnership52.5% 64.3%
- Department of public authority17.5%0%
- Private sector trading2.5%0%
- Company founded by private sector5.0%0%
- Others22.5%35.7%
Average annual budget [in USD]1, 394,943[n = 27]33,786,169[n = 14]
Types of events to bid for:[n = 41][n = 14]
- Business100.0%100.0%
- Political51.2%85.7%
- Sport43.9%100.0%
- Cultural41.5%92.9%
- Others24.3%14.3%
Source: Own elaboration

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