Meeting professionals who want some solid statistics about the value of the meetings industry to the U.S. economy and job creation can access a wealth of information from U.S. Travel.
One all-in-one resource is the association’s Travel Means Jobs white paper, which is loaded with facts advocates can cite in their dealings with political representatives.
Meetings Focus also recently interviewed Voices in Advocacy’s Roger Rickard and Karen Kotowski, executive director of the Convention Industry Council, about the Meetings Industry Advocacy Hub.