Just a few of the organizations that would have chosen
another venue without the Classic Center Expansion.
1,500 a endees
3,500 a endees
5,000 a endees
3,500 a endees
20,000 a endees
5,000 a endees
This conference was hosted in Macon for the past
30 years and has chosen to move to Athens.
3,000 a endees
2,800 a endees
200 a endees
750 a endees
Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau Sales Report
Future Bookings
Future Room
Nights
Attendees
Estimated
Economic Impact
March 2014
9
10,314
3,925
$2,602,250
April 2014
3
1,645
2,406
$890,774
May 2014
5
1,780
4,360
$1,206,656
Total for Quarter
17
13,739
10,691
$4,699,680
YTD
36
24,237
25,237
$18,206,969
Future Bookings are confirmed events under contract with a venue and/or hotels.
Future Room Nights are the number of rooms secured on behalf of the event with rate commitments and group contracts.
Attendees is the estimated number of people to attend the contracted events.
Economic Impact is estimated using the following formulas from Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI)- estimated spending per day per
attendee is $214.64 for conventions, $297.11 for conventions with trade shows and $150.27 for a sporting event.
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