AM INDEX: FEBRUARY 2005
Number of attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center last month: 120,000
Percentage of association meeting planners who cite San Diego as their top-choice destination for meetings: 48%
Percentage of association meeting planners who expect to book more off-site meetings in 2005: 16%
Number of overnight hotel stays that association meetings and conventions generate annually: 26 million
Percentage of American workers who've attended at least one work-related meeting where a participant fell asleep: 37%
Sources: 1. Consumer Electronics Association; 2 and 3. Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell; 4. American Society of Association Executives; 5. Interactive Meeting Solutions
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