In a 2019 survey conducted among convention and meetings industry professionals in the United States, it was found that food and beverage was responsible for 21 percent of exhibition and meetings cost in 2019. Audiovisual accounted for 16 percent of the total cost.
Leading exhibition and meeting expenses in the United States in 2019
PCMA members and Convene meeting-planner subscribers
Supplementary notes
Respondents were asked to break down the total cost of their largest event into various sources of expense to determine the share of the total cost each contributed. The source does not provide a more specific date of survey or information on the type of survey used.
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Convene, & PCMA. (March 1, 2020). Leading exhibition and meeting expenses in the United States in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257262/leading-exhibition-and-meeting-expenses-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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