Economic Impact
Meetings mean big business and boost our Connecticut Economy.
CTMEETINGS utilizes the Destination International’s Event Impact Calculator (EIC), established as an industry standard and developed by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company, to measure the direct impact of future events on businesses, employment, income and taxes.
The role of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS) is to provide qualified leads to our hotels and venues. Our reporting measure of success is the number of definite room nights booked and how each event impacts the Connecticut economy.
2023/24 Lead Room Nights referred: 318,817
2023/24 Definite Room Nights booked: 63,205
2023/24 Total Business Revenue: $72,745,986
2023/24 Total CT Sales Tax Revenue Generated: $4,879,467
2023/24 Jobs Supported in Hospitality: 24,334
*The Sales Activity and Impact shown above relate to only those events processed through the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS). They do not reflect the State as a whole.
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