RESEARCH Four Facts About Five Cities

Changes in Meeting Activity — 2012 Compared to 2008 Average number of attendees per meeting

Average number of room nights

Chicago Las Vegas

Los Angeles New York Orlando

+58% +6%

+139% +52% +82%

+24% -4%

+215% 0%

+100%

One-day-meeting eRFPs received

+39% -17.5% +23% +29% -22%

Smaller-meeting eRFPs received

+8% -38% +26% +11%

+24% SOURCE: Event Trends 2008–2012, Active Network (convn.org/active-trends)

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