TY - JOUR
T1 - The Great Halls of China? Meeting Planners’ Perceptions of Beijing as an International Convention Destination
AU - Park, Jinah
AU - Wu, Bihu
AU - Shen, Ye
AU - Morrison, Alastair M.
AU - Kong, Yeung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/10/2
Y1 - 2014/10/2
N2 - This research focused on meeting planners’ perceptions about selecting Beijing as an international convention destination. Twenty-three convention destination site selection criteria organized into five categories were identified. It was found that, with respect to Beijing, the importance of site selection criteria has changed since the late 1990s, with meeting planners now attaching more weight to the quality of convention services, quality of convention planning assistance, and city image. The meeting planners who had previously held international conventions in Beijing attached greater importance to research and development cooperation opportunities and choice of accommodations than those who had not. They rated Beijing's performance lower on the convenience of the application process (required by Chinese governments) and government support. It was concluded that Beijing needs to improve most on the quality of convention services and convention planning assistance, and by relaxing government policies related to the holding of international conventions.
AB - This research focused on meeting planners’ perceptions about selecting Beijing as an international convention destination. Twenty-three convention destination site selection criteria organized into five categories were identified. It was found that, with respect to Beijing, the importance of site selection criteria has changed since the late 1990s, with meeting planners now attaching more weight to the quality of convention services, quality of convention planning assistance, and city image. The meeting planners who had previously held international conventions in Beijing attached greater importance to research and development cooperation opportunities and choice of accommodations than those who had not. They rated Beijing's performance lower on the convenience of the application process (required by Chinese governments) and government support. It was concluded that Beijing needs to improve most on the quality of convention services and convention planning assistance, and by relaxing government policies related to the holding of international conventions.
KW - Beijing
KW - international conventions
KW - meeting planners
KW - perceived importance
KW - site selection criteria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920105298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15470148.2014.961669
DO - 10.1080/15470148.2014.961669
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84920105298
VL - 15
SP - 244
EP - 270
JO - Journal of Convention and Event Tourism
JF - Journal of Convention and Event Tourism
SN - 1547-0148
IS - 4
ER -