Decision-Making Model for Convention Site Selection

Abstract:

A number of factors must be considered when selecting a convention site. Typically, most selections are based on the decision makers’ knowledge and experience, which may lead to biased decisions based on the decision makers’ subjective judgment. This study establishes decision-making evaluation factors and attributes for convention site selection based on a literature review. After surveying experts’ opinions using questionnaires, we employed the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) to analyze the weighting of the factors and attributes. The results show that of the five evaluation factors, site environment is the most important, followed by meeting and accommodation facilities, local support, extraconference opportunities, and costs. Additionally, the five most important attributes among the 20 evaluation attributes are the suitability of convention facilities, suitability and quality of local infrastructure, climate, city image, and political conflict or terrorist threats.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 538-541)
• Pages: 895-900
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.538-541.895
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Han Chen Huang
• Keywords: Convention, Decision-Making, Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP)

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