Subvention and bid support practices for international conferences and events in Britain

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Posted on: 16 November 2011
By: mackene
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This paper, commissioned by the Business Visits & Events Partnership, examines current practices in the UK and globally adopted by destinations, venues and professional  conference organisers/event management agencies in the process of bidding and tendering for major conferences and events. It includes a detailed perspective on the issue of ‘subvention’ (defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English as a ‘grant of money, especially from a government’), and the forms and sources of monetary and in kind support that subvention can take. Subvention is recognised nationally and internationally as the single most important factor for attracting many types of conferences, in particular those affiliated to international associations. The paper is informed by research undertaken among UK destinations and venues; overseas destinations and UK-based professional conference organisers and event management agencies, and outlines the views and ideas submitted by survey respondents.

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