Attachment A - Post-Pandemic Booking Update

ATTACHMENT A 
 
                       
 
 
 
PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER & VENUES POST PANDEMIC BOOKING UPDATE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Pandemic Trend 
From 2015 through 2019 the PCC 
averaged 67 citywide conventions per year 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sales lead volume is up 22% year over year, indicating that enthusiasm for Phoenix as a destination remains high. 
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Event bookings for 2023 are 7% ahead of pace 
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Event bookings for 2024 are 10% ahead of pace 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Pandemic Trend 
From 2015 through 2019 the activity at 
the PCC generated approximately 1.6 
million hotel room nights 
 
 
 
 
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Hotel room nights are 12% ahead of pace over the next 8 years 
• 
2026 remains a need period as room nights are below pace by 19%

Pre-Pandemic Trend 
From 2015 through 2019 the PCC 
averaged 245,000 convention delegates 
per year 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The nearly 283,000 delegates booked for 2023 are more than any of the five pre-pandemic years 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Pandemic Trend 
From 2015 through 2019 activity at the PCC 
generated approximately $1.7 billion in direct 
spending 
 
 
 
 
 
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270,000 future delegates were booked in FY 21-22 with a projected direct spend of over $420 million. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A report by Tourism Economics and 2Synergize, “FuturePace Year-end Goal Forecast 
2022 to 2025,” using booking pace data from more than 250 Destination Marketing 
Organizations, estimates that by 2024, group demand could reach 98.1% of 2019 
levels. Group demand is expected to surpass 2019 levels by 2025.