City of the Week: Philadelphia
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 8/15/2005
Number of separate exhibit facilities 5
Total exhibit space 693,200 sq. ft.
Number of convention hotel rooms 10,200 in 52 hotels
Average room rate $136.78
Hotel room tax 7%
Current hotel occupancy 71.5%
Largest 2004 tradeshow Buyers Market of American Craft (February) at 163,600 net sq. ft. (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Distance from the Philadelphia Intl. Airport to the PCC 8 miles
Average labor rate (decorator at regular time) $64.25
Sources: 2005 TSW Survey of U.S. & Canadian Labor Rates; 2004 TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
