Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

acre property was designed by architect to the hospitality stars Bergman Walls and Associates and broke ground in 2007 as the brainchild of Fontainebleau Resorts owner Jeff Soffer before the economic downturn stalled the skeleton in 2008.

Entertainment 97

Entertainment Hospitality 2007 2008 97

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Moving on to a broader analysis, on the following pages, there are more than a dozen places where we’ve included Annual Meetings Market Survey results from 2007 (published in the 2008 March issue of Convene ) up to present-day results from the survey conducted in late 2017 — a broader overview we started last year. million today.

Marketing 78

Marketing Meetings 2016 2007 78

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

For example, while the average annual convention/meeting budget has held steady at between $1.1 million (with the exception of 2008, when it hit $1.7 Small Meetings. Some benchmarking metrics have not changed much in 10 years, but when juxtaposed with other data, inferences can be drawn. million in 2007 to $7 million today.

2015 40

2015 Meetings Marketing 2016 40