The document provides statistics about the hospitality industry in Columbia, Missouri in 2015, including the number of hotel rooms (3,874), overnight stays (1,183,000), tourism-related expenditures in the county ($395,000,000), and numbers of people employed in various hospitality jobs like lodging managers (40), chefs and head cooks (50), and food preparation workers (2,280) along with their average annual wages. It also lists the number of events catered by one local company and number of member hotels in the local hospitality association.

1. HOTELSTAYS
INCOLUMBIA
Source: 2015 data, The District
HOSPITALITYJOBSINCOLUMBIA
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lodging
Managers
In Columbia:
40
Average
Annual
Wage:
$43,920
Chefs and
Head Cooks
In Columbia:
50
Average
Annual
Wage:
$44,290
Food Preparation
& Serving Workers
In Columbia:
2,280
Average
Annual
Wage:
$17,930
MEMBERHOTELSINCOLUMBIA
HOSPITALITYASSOCIATION
Source: Columbia Hospitality Association
NUMBEROFEVENTSCATERED
BYBLEUEVENTSIN2015
Source: Bleu Events
3,874
hotel rooms in Columbia
1,183,000
overnight stays
$
395,000,000tourism-related expenditures in Boone County in 2015
Source: Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau