2008 Greater Columbus Lodging Overview

Total Hotels Citywide 232
Total Hotels Downtown 14
Total Rooms Citywide 25,456
Total Rooms Downtown 3,324
Occupancy Citywide 57.7%
Occupancy Downtown 64.45%
Average Daily Rate Citywide $85.24
Average Daily Rate Downtown $116.65

Source: Smith Travel Research

Bed Tax

City of Columbus and Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority
$31.2 million, down –2.02 %

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 and County Tax Revenue $1.02 billion

* From Oxford Economics Inc. 2007 Tourism Economic Impact Report

2008 Budget Overview

Budgeted Income: $7.5 million
Bed Tax 60%
Franklin County Support 14.12%
Programs 8.98%
City of Columbus Discretionary 7.9%
Membership Dues 6.56%
Miscellaneous 1.23%
Contributed Services 1.21%

Budgeted Expenditures: $7.5 million
Sales and Marketing 80.94%
Administrative 12.95%
Membership Services 3.78%
Facilities 1.68%
Business Development 0.41%
Outside Consulting 0.24%

2008 Conventions in Columbus

Category	# Groups	Attendance
International	21	343,395
National	111	885,355
Regional	81	231,053
State/Local	339	620,165
TOTALS	552	2,079,968

Breakdown of Markets

Category	% Conventions	% Delegates
International	4%	16%
National	20%	43%
Regional	15%	11%
State/Local	61%	30%