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GETTING READY FOR PCMA IN 2008

Seattle will host the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) Annual Meeting January 13-16, 2008. This is the first meeting in the Pacific Northwest for this international association of meetings industry professionals dedicated to educating and promoting the value of professional convention management. Seattle is poised to take advantage of the exposure and maximize the potential for future meeting business.

• The convention will showcase Seattle and the surrounding area to 2,500-3,200 meeting professionals, CEOs and meetings and convention industry suppliers, many of whom are decision-makers of future business.

• The economic impact for the immediate meeting in January 2008 is $4.5 million, though the potential economic impact from future business stimulated by the meeting is several times greater.

• The combined buying power of PCMA members is more than $18 billion in potential meetings and conventions.

• Throughout 2007, SCVB will prepare to host PCMA, engaging the participation of Seattle's destination sales and services team. For more information, contact Joan Cahill at (206) 461-5834 or jcahill@visitseattle.org

Most meetings will take place at the WSCTC along with pre-conference activities at nearby hotels and venues.

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"We are extremely pleased to bring the PCMA Annual Meeting to Seattle for the first time in 2008. As the meeting industry's premier event, the PCMA Annual Meting has historically drawn of 3,000 senior-level industry professionals and generated an estimated $200-$300 million to its host city of the next five to ten years. Seattle's unique combination of natural beauty and innovative urban pulse will make it an exceptional annual meeting destination that is sure to appeal to our attendees."

DEBORAH SEXTON, President and CEO,
PCMA and PCMA Educational Foundation

"Philadelphia was delighted to host the PCMA 2006 Annual Meeting. The first annual meeting was held in Philadelphia in 1957 with an attendance of 22 people. In 2006 over 3,100 PCMA members came, they saw, they liked and they bought! As of April 1, 2007, Philadelphia has booked 10 citywide conventions representing $225,500,000 in economic impact for future years."

JACK P. FERGUSON, Executive Vice President,
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau


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