Close to two-thirds (62 percent) of corporate meeting professionals respond- ing to the survey worked at companies employing fewer than 5,000 individuals.
TO 49,999
OR MORE 11%
THAN 1,000 39%
TO 4,999 23%
TO 9,999 Average: 11,143 Average: 2.5 5,000 1,000 FEWER
TO 24,999 14%
1 8% 42% 2 15% 10,000
3 TO 5 14%
50,000 5%
NONE 15%
10% 4% 6 TO 10 25,000
Number of Events With Exhibits Held
A majority of respondents (84 percent) hold at least one event with an exhibit every year, up slightly from last year.
NO ANSWER 1% MORE THAN 10
2009 Convention/Meeting Budget
Quotes on the next several pages are in response to the question “How would you like to see meetings change?”
“I’d like to see more team-build- ing activities and more fun. I think attendees are hungry for ways in which to interact.”
One-quarter of respondents (25 percent) indicated that their organization’s total convention/meeting budget in 2009 exceeded $2.5 million (up from the 22 percent who reported budgets of this size last year), and almost one-half (46 percent) said that it was $1 million or more, up from 39 percent who reported budgets of this size in 2008.
TO $99,999 $100,000 TO $249,999 7% 9%
TO $499,999 $500,000
$250,000 11%
13% 4%
ANSWER 11%
MORE THAN $2.5 MILLION
25%
TO $999,999 $1 MILLION TO $2.5 MILLION
21% Average: $1.3 million vs. $1.17 million in 2008 NO $50,000