Related convention supplies

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The following is a list of examples of related convention supplies that are eligible for the rebate.

Accommodation: hotel accommodation for use by the convention sponsor, organizer or exhibitor, or supplied to attendees as part of the admission.
Audiovisual: audio, audiovisual, and video services, including equipment and labour associated with technical services.
Business equipment: computers, photocopiers, desks, and chairs.
Convention materials: banners, flags, signs, papers, shields, floral arrangements, stand decorations, backdrops and other decorations, and office supplies.
Convention show services: equipment, furnishings, and labour to install such items as carpeting, tables, chairs, exhibit booths, decorative plants, draping, banners, displays, and signs.
Destination management companies: local planning management and co-ordination services in organizing elements of the convention for the incoming organization.
Food, beverages, and catering services (rebate limited to 50% of the GST/HST paid): food, beverages, and catering services related to the convention, including any gratuities charged.

Food, beverages, and catering services, including any gratuities charged, are not related convention supplies when supplied to exhibitors.

Memorabilia: lapel buttons, billfolds, key chains, pens, pencils, corsages, T-shirts, scarves, mugs, jewellery, badges, and similar promotional items.
Moving and storage services: labour and equipment to deliver exhibit materials to the assigned space, including the storage of crates during the convention.
On-site services: personnel for on-site work such as the staffing of the registration desk, photographic services, and security services.
Printed matter: identification badges, information bulletins, on-site newsletters, booklets, programs, and memoranda relating to a convention or to products displayed at a convention.
Professional services: customs brokerage, legal, accounting, and freight forwarders' services.
Simultaneous interpretation equipment: simultaneous interpretation and audio-related equipment and labour.
Speakers and educational seminars: facilitators and course materials.
Telecommunications: telephone, fax, video, audio, or computer link-ups.
Translators and interpreters: individuals who translate and interpret the languages being used.
Transportation services between venues: chartered group transportation services used solely to transport attendees of the convention between any of the convention facilities, places of lodging for the attendees, or the transportation terminals (for example, airport shuttle services).