Records reviewed by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1r4agUC ) showed the travel-related spending in many cases included airline tickets, hotel rooms, meals and convention fees. The Missouri Biotechnology Association, which promotes the growth of Missouri's biotechnology and biomedical industries, spent more than $40,000 between 2011 and 2013 on tours of Missouri biotech facilities and other events in Missouri.