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The main objective is to present results, which determine the number, size of meetings and events, which are held in Poland in 2014 and present their economic value. In addition, the research presents the profile of participants, characteristics of meetings and material concerning the importance of meeting industry in shaping competitive position of world and Polish cities. The research presents the image of 18820 meetings and events of quantitative and qualitative characteristics and analysis of cities and regions. The contribution of the meetings industry to a state economy, estimated based on the data, is 1121,1 million PLN of value added generated in the hotel base and 141,5 million PLN in gastronomy, i.e. 1262,6 million PLN in total. The contribution to creation of jobs is 15519 employees in the hotel base and 11954 in gastronomic services, characterized by much smaller productivity than jobs in the hotel base. It gives 27473 jobs nationwide in total.