CONTENTS
PREFACE…………………………………………………………………… 1
PART ONE: THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT………………………. 2
EMERGING MARKETS AND THE BRIC ECONOMIES………………. 3
PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC INDUSTRY SECTORS……………... 6
PART TWO: THE IMPACTS ON THE MEETINGS & EVENTS
INDUSTRY…………………………………………………………. 10
THE GENERAL SITUATION……………………………………….…….. 11
KEY GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS RESPONSES TO THE ECONOMIC
SITUATION…………………………………………………………………. 12
EUROPE……………………………………………………………………. 12
THE US……………………………………………………………………… 15
THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA………………………………………. 17
CHINA………………………………………………………………………. 18
PART THREE: THE TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 20
TECHNOLOGY…………………………………………………………….. 21
SUSTAINABILITY………………………………………………………….. 23
SOCIAL LEGACY…………………………………………………………… 24
PART FOUR: OUTLOOK…………………………………………………. 26
CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………. 28