* Includes local group transportation.
** Includes performers, speakers, trainers.
*** Includes organizer staff time, insurance, credit card commissions.
**** Includes third-party meeting planning/management services.
Includes internet, mobile/wireless communications.
* Includes temporary staff, union services.
** Includes generators, computers, audio-visual, chairs.
*** Includes floral, backdrops, centerpieces.
**** Includes sponsored attendees.
Includes green/sustainability programs, community/charitable donations, volunteer events.
* Includes housing services excluding accommodations.
Figures have been rounded.
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Meetings planning and production spending by category in the U.S. 2016
This statistic shows the meetings planning and production expenditures in the United States in 2016, by category. In that year, the meetings expenditure on food and beverage amounted to approximately billion U.S. dollars in the United States.
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Convention Industry Council, & Oxford Economics. (February 1, 2018). Meetings planning and production expenditures in the United States in 2016, by category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 08, 2026, from /statistics/869716/meetings-planning-and-production-expenditures-by-category-us/
Convention Industry Council, und Oxford Economics. "Meetings planning and production expenditures in the United States in 2016, by category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 1, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 08, 2026. /statistics/869716/meetings-planning-and-production-expenditures-by-category-us/
Convention Industry Council, Oxford Economics. (2018). Meetings planning and production expenditures in the United States in 2016, by category (in billion U.S. dollars). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2026. /statistics/869716/meetings-planning-and-production-expenditures-by-category-us/
Convention Industry Council, and Oxford Economics. "Meetings Planning and Production Expenditures in The United States in 2016, by Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 1 Feb 2018, /statistics/869716/meetings-planning-and-production-expenditures-by-category-us/
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