... Facts The industry is gradually being recognised for its economic importance and the British Tourist Authority has introduced the development of business tourism from abroad which has current projections showing that business tourists might account for 45% of all inbound tourism expenditure by 2010. (Foley 2002, p.41). In a global context "There are at least 65 countries now active in marketing their facilities and services in the conferences and conventions industry (Rogers 2001, p.80) and in the year 1995 the global business travel market manifested to US$398 billion of which 47% came from Europe and 30% from the USA .(WEFA/WITC 1998, p.28). It is hard to gather precise statistics for the business travel sector because of the fine line between and combination of business and leisure travel. Business tourism also generates leisure tourism "17% of conference delegates are accompanied by a guest who is not a delegate." (Business Tourism Partnership 2003). Defining the ...

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