Conference Center

Conference Center

The words related to "conference center" mainly include: Convention Hotel, conference center, conference center, convention center and Exhibition Center, etc. Up to now, there is no unified understanding of these concepts in the world. Different countries and different trade associations will have their own explanations. Our country is the same, there is no authority to define the concept of conference and conference place.

Explanation of terms

Literally, "Conference Hotel" mainly refers to the hotel with strong conference function, so as to distinguish it from the "business hotel" that receives individual business guests. At the present stage, the concept of "Conference Hotel" in our country is relatively general. It includes almost all hotels, conference centers, convention and exhibition centers and resorts with accommodation function and certain conference function, excluding professional conference and exhibition reception facilities such as conference centers and Convention and exhibition centers without accommodation function. This concept is widely used in our country, but it is not commonly used in developed countries. Even if it is sometimes used, it mainly refers to Hotels with relatively strong conference functions, excluding professional conference reception facilities such as conference centers.

"Conference Hotel" mainly has several meanings, one is to have certain accommodation conditions. The number of rooms in "Conference Hotel" is generally large, and the number of accommodation that can be accepted should generally match the number of people in the largest conference room; second, it should have a strong conference function. For example, there should be at least one large conference room (or multi-function hall) and several supporting small and medium-sized conference rooms; third, the proportion of Conference team income in the total income should be relatively high. For example, the income of the meeting team should account for more than 35%. Generally speaking, "Conference Hotel" is a general term, which needs to be further refined.

The "China Conference Hotel Alliance" established in 2008 is a cooperative organization of China's conference hotel industry.

The concepts of "conference center" and "Convention and Exhibition Center" are different in different countries, and so are our countries.

International Association of conference centers, IACC has more than 300 member units in North America. According to the interpretation of IACC, "conference center" is a professional conference facility mainly for small and medium-sized conferences, which is different from "Exhibition Center" mainly for exhibitions, "Exhibition Center" for large-scale conferences, and "hotels and resorts" for business guests and conference guests at the same time. Convention centers in the United States generally do not have exhibition space, and there are no strict requirements for accommodation facilities. However, AICC has strict standards for meeting facilities and services of its members.

Our country is known as the "conference center" mainly in the following categories: first, professional reception facilities or buildings for the Conference team, mainly including conference facilities, catering facilities, accommodation facilities, or with certain exhibition space, such as Beijing International Conference Center, Shanghai International Conference Center, Guangzhou Baiyun International Conference Center, etc.; second, Hotels with strong conference functions , resorts, such as Jiuhua villa, CITIC Guoan first city, etc.; the third is the professional conference facilities and buildings in the hotel, such as the International Conference Center of Beijing International Hotel, the conference center of Wendu water city, etc.; the fourth is the conference room or conference room group in the University and other units; the fifth is the new conference room similar to the American Convention The buildings or buildings of the center not only have strong conference functions, but also have excellent exhibition facilities, such as the National Convention Center.

Convention Center in the United States mainly refers to the facilities, buildings or buildings with strong functions of meeting and exhibition reception. Convention Center is also translated as "conference center". Convention refers to the Congress and annual meeting. It is a representative type of conference in the United States. It is generally sponsored by industry organizations and professional institutions. It has a relatively large scale and often has exhibitions of different scales. Convention Center is a place for professional reception of convention. By 2006, there were 414 convention centers in North America, each with a floor area ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of square meters. The proportion between conference space and exhibition space was about 1:3, and most of them had no affiliated hotels. Convention centers in the United States are generally invested by the government and are mostly built in urban areas. As it is generally regarded as the "propeller" and "engine" of regional conference industry, the construction, reconstruction and expansion of Convention Center have been attached great importance in American cities since the American conference industry entered a period of rapid development in the 1950s. Most of the convention centers newly built or expanded in the United States and Canada in the past decade or two are landmark buildings in this area. The art level of internal and external design is very high, and various functions are set up comprehensively and reasonably. Many advanced technologies have been effectively applied.

Our country's "Convention and Exhibition Center" mainly refers to the facilities built in the past decade with exhibition function as the main function. Most of the conference functions are relatively weak, and there are few supporting hotels. In the past two years, many hotels in China have built professional conference and exhibition facilities with strong functions, which are also known as "Exhibition Center". As for some hotels called "Convention and Exhibition Center Hotel", they are actually "Conference Hotel" and do not have many exhibition functions.

Exhibition center mainly refers to the place where professional exhibitions are held. On this point, the understanding at home and abroad is relatively unified. The exhibition center generally does not provide supporting accommodation services, nor does it have prominent conference functions.

With the development of economy and the progress of society, the concepts of "Conference Hotel", "conference center" and "Exhibition Center" need to be defined in more detail and more accurately.

Current situation analysis

China's conference market has entered a period of rapid development for about ten years. The construction and development process of Conference Center (including conference hotel, holiday village and Convention and exhibition center with strong conference function, hereinafter referred to as "conference center") is actually the development process of China's conference industry.

Beijing's conference center industry has a strong representative significance in China. Beijing is China's political center, cultural center and international exchange center. It is the earliest and most mature city of conference center in China. In a sense, the development of Beijing conference market and Conference Center actually represents the development of China's conference market and Conference Center. Apart from the Great Hall of the people, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and the Beijing International Conference Center (BICC) left behind after the Asian Games, the decade after the 21st century is the most prosperous one for the development of Beijing Conference Center. From a sports center ten years ago to a "Big Mac" conference center, Jiuhua villa's business revenue reached more than 600 million yuan in 2007. It has gone through several stages of development, such as a single sports function - certain conference function - powerful conference reception function - Super conference and exhibition function. These stages actually reflect Beijing and even the National Conference Center Market and Conference Center is a gradual process from starting to developing. The successful performance of Jiuhua villa in the conference market makes more and more people see the good development prospect of China's conference market, which leads to the climax of the construction of the conference center in the suburbs of Beijing. So far, there are hundreds of conference centers and hotels in Beijing suburbs. Even so, at the end of the year, in the most prosperous season of the Beijing conference market, from November to January of the next year, the business of each conference center is booming. The National Conference Center, which opened in November 2009, is a representative work of the construction of Beijing and even the National Conference Center. It is a representative product of the conference industry entering a new development period after China's social and economic development has reached a certain stage.

In the past decade, most of the conference hotels in the suburbs of Beijing have maintained a high growth rate before 2008. Take Jiuhua villa as an example. Ten years ago, the hotel's annual revenue was only tens of millions of yuan. By 2007, its total annual revenue has reached more than 600 million yuan, and the annual growth rate can basically maintain at more than 40%. It is understood that there are many conference hotels in Beijing with an annual revenue of over 200 million yuan (assuming that we count more than 35% of the total revenue of the Conference team as conference hotels), and there are more than 100 conference Hotels with an annual turnover of more than 20 million yuan or 30 million yuan in the suburbs alone.

The climax of construction, renovation and expansion of conference centers and hotels in other regions of China is a few years later than that in Beijing, which started from 2004-2005. 2007-2009 is the peak period for conference centers and hotels to enter the market. There are several of them

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