TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,Robert R. TI - Current issues in convention and exhibition facility development SN - 0789025981 U1 - 647.9691 PY - 2004/// CY - Binghampton, NY PB - Haworth Hospitality Press KW - Convention facilities KW - Congresses and conventions KW - Exhibition buildings N1 - Current Issues in Convention and Exhibition Facility Development has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Convention & Event Tourism, Volume 6, Numbers 1/2 2004; Includes index; Introduction.- Considering a convention center: ten questions communities.- So you want to build a convention center: the case of hope versus reality.- Issues in dedicated convention center development with a case study of Perth convention and exhibition center, Western Australia.- Casinos and conventions: Strange bedfellows.- Convention center wars and the decline of local democracy.- Convention mythology.- The city as a destination: measuring its attractiveness.- Index ER -