* Includes Food and beverage, audio-visual/staging services, venue rental, transportation and tour, entertainment/production services, and other.
** Includes accommodations, transportation, food and beverage, shopping, and recreation and entertainment.
*** Includes exhibitor spending, capital expenditures, DMO, other.
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Total direct spend of meetings in the U.S., by spend type 2016
This statistic shows the total direct spending on meetings in the United States in 2016, by category. In that year, the total meetings direct spending from travel spending amounted to approximately * billion U.S. dollars in the U.S.
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Convention Industry Council, & Oxford Economics. (February 1, 2018). Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 08, 2026, from /statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
Convention Industry Council, und Oxford Economics. "Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 1, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 08, 2026. /statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
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Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Convention Industry Council, & Oxford Economics, February 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
