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1、Butterworth-HeinemannLinacreHouse,JordanHill,OxfordOX28DP225WildwoodAvenue,Woburn,MA01801-2041AdivisionofReedEducationalandProfessionalPublishingLtd-&AmemberoftheReedElsevierplcgroupFirstpublished19980ReedEducationalandProfessionalPublishing1998Allrightsreserved.N
2、opartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanymaterialform(includingphotocopyingorstoringinanymediumbyelectronicmeansandwhetherornottransientlyorincidentallytosomeotheruseofthispublication)withoutthewrittenpermissionofthecopyrightholderexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisi
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4、ersBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataShone,AntonTheBusinessofconferences:ahospitalitysectoroverviewfortheUKandIreland1.Congressesandconventions-Planning2.Hospitalityindustry-GreatBritain3.Hospitalityindustry-IrelandI.Title647.9’4’41ISBN0750640995TypesetbyA
5、vocetTypeset,Brill,Aylesbury,BucksPrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyBiddlesLtd,GuildfordandKing’sLynnPrefaceConferencingformsalargepartoftheUKeconomy,perhapsasmuchassevenbillionpoundsayear,andmakesasignificantcon-tributiontotheeconomyofIreland,thoughthislatterismored
6、ifficulttoquantify.Theconferencebusinesshasnot,untilcom-parativelyrecently,attractedthesignificantattentionofresearchersandwriters.Thepurposeofthisbookistoprovideafoundationforthosewishingtostudytheconferencebusiness.Itishopedtheframeworkprovidedherewillactasajump
7、ingoffpointforfurtherstudy,andassuch,willpiquetheinterestofstudents,teachers,researchersandpractitionersalike,toexplorethesubjectfurther.Theshelvesofanylibraryprovidenumeroustextson‘Howtorunaconference’butverylittleabouthowtheconferencebusinessoperatesandismanaged
8、,orhowconferencingcanbeseenasaneconomicandsocialactivity.Iamextremelygratefulforthecontributionsmadetothedraftsofthebookbyarangeofpeople,includingBrynPa
