2009 Greater Columbus Lodging Overview

Total Hotels Citywide 239
Total Hotels Downtown 14
Total Rooms Citywide 26,032
Total Rooms Downtown 3,329
Occupancy Citywide 52.6%
Average Daily Rate Citywide $80.01
Source: Smith Travel Research

Bed Tax

City of Columbus and Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority
$26.6 million, down –14.78 %

Annual Impact of Travel and Tourism in Columbus
and Franklin County*

Tourism sales as a result of visitor spending $7.23 billion

Jobs 61,789

City, County, State and Federal Tax Revenue $1.02 billion

* From Oxford Economics Inc. 2007 Tourism Economic Impact Report

2009 Budget Overview

Budgeted Income: $6.2 million
Bed Tax 60.29%
Franklin County Support 17.92%
Programs 11.51%
Membership Dues 7.88%
Contributed Services 2.18%
Miscellaneous 0.22%

Budgeted Expenditures: $6.4 million
Sales and Marketing 78.49%
Administrative 14.50%
Membership Services 4.41%
Facilities 1.96%
Business Development 0.35%
Outside Consulting 0.29%

2009 Conventions in Columbus

Category	# Groups	Attendance
International	16	192,035
National	126	872,397
Regional	93	270,359
State/Local	356	645,661
TOTALS	591	1,980,452

Breakdown by Scope

Category	% Conventions	% Delegates
International	2.71%	9.7%
National	21.32%	44.10%
Regional	15.74%	13.65%
State/Local	60.24%	32.60%