The Business of Conferences

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The provision and supply ofconference venues____________________________________________

The aims of this chapter are:

1. 1  To examine the range of conference venues and to highlight the different characteristics of each.
2. 2  To explore and quantify the geographic spread of conference venues within Britain and Ireland in terms of a regional analysis and regional variations.
3. 3  To examine the nature of the ownership and management of conference venues in the light of funding and organizational issues in general.

3.1     Introduction

In the first chapter we referred to the history and development of conference venues and the attempts by interested bodies, such as consultants and academics, ...