REFERENCES
- Baloglu , S. and Love , C. 2005 . Association meeting planners' perceptions and intentions for five major US convention cities: The structured and unstructured images . Tourism Management , 26 : 743 – 752 .
- Blain , C. , Levy , S. and Ritchie , J. 2005 . Destination branding: Insights and practices from destination management organizations . Journal of Travel Research , 43 : 328 – 338 .
- Chacko , H. and Fenich , G. 2000 . Determining the importance of US convention destination attributes . Journal of Vacation Marketing , 6 : 211 – 220 .
- Crouch , G. and Jordan , L. 2004a . Experimental analysis of the choice of convention site . Tourism Analysis , 8 ( 1/2 ) : 171 – 176 .
- Crouch , G. and Jordan , L. 2004b . The determinants of convention site selection: A logistical choice model from experimental data . Journal of Travel Research , 43 ( 2 ) : 118 – 130 .
- Crouch , G. and Ritchie , J. 1998 . Convention site selection: A review, conceptual model, and propositional framework . Journal of Convention & Exhibition Management , 1 ( 1 ) : 49 – 69 .
- Crouch , G. and Ritchie , J. 1999 . Tourism, competitiveness, and societal prosperity . Journal of Business Research , 44 ( 3 ) : 137 – 152 .
- Fenich , G. 2001 . Towards a conceptual framework for assessing community attractiveness for conventions . Journal of Convention and Exhibition Management , 3 ( 1 ) : 45 – 64 .
- Fenich , G. 2005 . Meetings, expositions, events and conventions: An introduction to the industry , Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall .
- Goeldner , C. R. and Ritchie , J. R. B. 2009 . Tourism: Principles, practices, philosophies , 11th , Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons .
- Lee , W. and Josiam , B. 2004 . A framework for assessing national convention tourism competitiveness: An exploratory study . Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development , 2 ( 2 ) : 105 – 112 .
- Miyamoto , T. and Kunihiko , I. December 2005 . Development of a standard convention city attractiveness scale , December , Melbourne, , Australia : Proceedings from ANZMAC 2005: Marketing Research and Research Methodologies .
- Opperman , M. 1996 . Convention destination images: Analysis of association meeting planners' perceptions . Tourism Management , 17 ( 3 ) : 175 – 182 .
- Opperman , M. and Chon , K. 1997 . Convention participation decision-making process . Annals of Tourism Research , 24 ( 1 ) : 178 – 191 .
- Sanders , H. 2002 . Convention myths and markets: A critical review of convention center feasibility studies . Economic Development Quarterly , 16 : 195 – 210 .
- Weber , K. and Ladkin , A. 2003 . The convention industry in Australia and the United Kingdom: Key issues and competitive forces . Journal of Travel Research , 42 ( 2 ) : 125 – 132 .
- Wu , A. and Weber , K. 2005 . Convention center facilities, attributes and services: The delegates' perspective . Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research , 10 : 399 – 410 .