Listed below are organisations and companies offering research services to the Business Tourism Industry. Click the titles to link to organisation's website.
| The aeo has formed partnerships with key providers to increase its activity in the field of research. One such key provider is Vivid Interface. |
| BDRC is a hotel research supplier based in Europe with a specialist dedicated Hotel Industry Research Team. It undertakes proprietary research studies for individual hotel industry clients and publishes several syndicated reports. It also undertakes the ‘Quarterly Meetings Market Benchmark Tracker’- (mystery shopping phone calls to monitor and benchmark service standards of C&B staff.). BDRC specialises in brand strategy, product positioning, market segmentation, brand tracking, customer satisfaction, new product development, trade-off analysis and pricing. |
| Part of the BDRC Group, particular specialisms include market research and development projects in travel & tourism, retail, heritage & the arts, leisure, sports and entertainment. |
| The primary aim of the MICE Research Unit is to undertake research relating to the various MICE industry sectors, with the aim of providing information and research that is valuable to both industry practitioners and academics. The MRU can offer data collection and analysis services for all aspects of the MICE industry, including economic impact surveys and delegate surveys. The MRU is part of the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, which undertakes a whole range of business tourism and hospitality research both in the UK and worldwide. |
| PKF operate a hotel consultancy service and produce annual publications including City Surveys and London, County and UK Trends surveys. They also produce data on Hotel Design and Construction
in the UK. Summaries of reports and the opportunity
to purchase online is available on the website |
| The Right Solution are specialist consultants in the conference market and provide market research, feasibility studies and design and build advice for conference centre development. |
| ICCA provides a training programme which focuses on research and marketing in the meetings industry (ICCRM) |
| Part of the DTI, Trade Partners UK offers advice about overseas markets, contacts and opportunities. They support businesses seeking to export goods and services, and businesses looking for investment possibilities overseas. For further details view the page ‘Research International Markets’ on the website. |
| TEAM specialises in conference research and conference market development for destination organisations, together with IT, strategy and Business Planning. TEAM has coordinated the Business Visits & Events Partnership website. |
| Based at Leeds Metropolitan University, the UK Centre for Events Management has the capacity and capability to undertake a range of activities for clients, including contract research, consultancy, evaluation studies, collaborative development projects, information and intelligence gathering, labour market studies, training programmes, and capability and capacity building initiatives. |