This statistic shows the total direct spending on meetings in the United States in 2016, by category. In that year, the total meetings direct spending from travel spending amounted to approximately
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Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending
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* Includes Food and beverage, audio-visual/staging services, venue rental, transportation and tour, entertainment/production services, and other.
** Includes accommodations, transportation, food and beverage, shopping, and recreation and entertainment.
*** Includes exhibitor spending, capital expenditures, DMO, other.
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Convention Industry Council, & Oxford Economics. (February 1, 2018). Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
Convention Industry Council, und Oxford Economics. "Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
Convention Industry Council, Oxford Economics. (2018). Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
Convention Industry Council, and Oxford Economics. "Meetings Total Direct Spending in The United States in 2016, by Type of Spending (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
Convention Industry Council & Oxford Economics, Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/ (last visited August 13, 2025)
Meetings total direct spending in the United States in 2016, by type of spending (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Convention Industry Council, & Oxford Economics, February 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869667/meetings-direct-spending-by-spend-type-us/
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