A customer survey was conducted among meeting planners to analyze the importance-performance of Beijing as an international meeting destination and to determine to which factors the city should devote its attention and resources to attract international meetings. The results suggest that Beijing provides a satisfactory environment for the staging of meetings, but it should improve its performance in meeting industry attributes that meeting planners consider important.
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