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Title: BUSINESS TOURISM in BOURNEMOUTH


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BUSINESS TOURISM in BOURNEMOUTH
  • BIC/Pavilion
  • Bournemouth International Conference Bureau
    (BICB)

2
Business Tourism
  • BIC leads on delivering Large Conventions, 500
    Exhibitions, Large Corporate and Public Events
  • BICB leads on delivering smaller Conferences,
    Meetings, Seminars, Courses and Hospitality
    Events Many of which take place in hotels and
    venues
  • BICB Delegate Reservations sources delegate
    accommodation for BIC events

3
Business Tourism
  • In 2008/09, Bournemouths Business Tourism was
  • valued at an Economic impact of 115 million
  • - BIC/Pavilion directly contributed 70
    million
  • - BICB Hotels/Venues contributed 45 million
  • - 149,815 residential delegates/Exhibition
    visitors
  • - 116,877 day delegates/visitors
  • - 349,621 bednights

4
Business Tourism
  • A Delegate can spend between 120 and 460 per
    day, when attending a UK Conference (Visit
    Britain Research Sept 2006)
  • The BIC/Pavilion directly and indirectly sustains
    more than 4,100 FTE jobs in Bournemouths
    Tourism, Leisure, Hospitality and Retail sectors

5
Business Tourism
  • Key
    Target Sector Types
  • BIC - National Association Conventions x
    350 delegates
  • - Corporate Conferences/Presentation
    s
  • Midweek Minimum 2
    days/nights
  • - Regional Public Exhibitions
  • Weekends Minimum 3 days
  • - National/Regional Trade
    Exhibitions
  • Midweek Minimum 2 days
  • BICB - Corporate Events, up to 300
    delegates.
  • - Business Meetings, Training,
    Seminars, Hospitality
  • Residential/Non-residential,
    2.5 hour drive time


6
Business Tourism
  • Primary Target Sectors
  • BIC Political, Union Local Government.
  • Medical (Pharmaceutical, Health,
    Nursing)
  • Financial Insurance
  • National Associations, Societies,
    Royal Colleges,
  • Federations and Institutes
  • BICB Financial, Insurance, Specialist
    Training, AGMs,
  • Dinners, Social Functions,
    Networking Events

7
Business Tourism
  • Current Trends/Challenges
  • Corporate events Smaller, fewer, less
    frequent.
  • Association events Similar number, but
    fewer
  • delegates,
    shorter tenancy
  • Exhibitions Smaller in size and tenancy
    Regional
  • shows have cancelled.
    Wedding shows
  • unaffected!
  • Entertainment events have remained popular,
    with minimal price resistance for top-line acts
  • Generally, secondary spend on all events has
    reduced

8
BIC/PAVILION
  • Opportunities.
  • - Arms-length Management Option
  • - Improve Customer Relationships
  • - Maximise Domestic Client Base (Price/package
    flexibility, VFM)
  • - Diversification
  • - Investment
  • - Rationalise Venue vs Destination services
  • - Manage own events leisure/activity-based
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