Current issues in convention and exhibition facility development / Robert R. Nelson, editor. - Binghampton, NY : Haworth Hospitality Press, c2004. - 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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.

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