2012 was Record Year for Anchorage Conventions

Visit Anchorage President Julie Saupe tells the Alaska Journal of Commerce that the economic impact from conventions last year set at record at nearly $105 million.          

Visit Anchorage says the previous record was $99 million in 2011.          

Last year, there were 765 meetings and conventions held in Anchorage, with total attendance of just under 120,000.