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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 1) The governmental authorities designated to collect duties levied by a country on imports and exports. The term also applies to the procedures involved in such collection. 2) Practices common to many of a particular group.
Workshop
Income statement
Act of God
Customs
2. Direct mail promotional materials sent to current and prospective exhibitors to encourage participation and promote the benefits of exhibiting in a specific show. Contains information about technical points - cost of exhibition space - floor plan of
Exhibitor prospectus
Contract
Charter
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
3. Unpublished rates offered from the areas of the U.S. and Canada to specified event destinations; they do not require Saturday night stay over.
Zone fare
High season
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Computer data projection
4. Structure of event program elements to achieve specific goals and objectives.
Program design
Post-con
Open bar (host bar)
Van line
5. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Style
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Workshop
Complimentary
6. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Opt-in
Open bar (host bar)
Cash flow
Schoolroom set-up
7. System of assigning points to exhibiting companies to determine which firms will be allowed to select booth/stand space for the next event first. Also Called PRIORITY RATING SYSTEM.
Priority point system
Island booth
Lifelong learning
Booking agent
8. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Audience reaction team
Consideration
Advance registration
Convention services manager (CSM)
9. To neglect to carry out an agreement.
Chart of accounts
Ground support
Non-performance
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
10. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Market segments
Less than truckload
Booking agent
11. Registration made via the Web.
Online registration
Cost center
Bandwidth
Pick-up
12. 1) The process of attaching the cable on a crane to a piece of machinery or equipment. 2) The process for hanging materials or signs.
LED Light Emitting Diode
Break-even point
Rigging
Relational databases
13. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.
Citywide event
Feedback
Mailing list
Post event report
14. 1) The opposite of real-time. 2) Audio and/or video programming available on a Web site after the completion of an event - providing this content so Web site visitors can listen or view at their discretion. 3) FAX system for sending out faxed materia
Destination Marketing Association International
Conference center
On-demand
Business exchange
15. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Zone fare
Destination management company (DMC)
High season
Press release
16. Booking before an event takes places. Allows attendees to register for an event before it actually takes place. Done through mail - phone - internet or fax.
Exhibitor prospectus
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Advance registration
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
17. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Continental breakfast
Carnet
Transfer
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
18. The industry preferred term for a report of the details and activities of an event. A collection of post event reports over time will provide the complete History for an event. The industry accepted practice is to use the APEX POST EVENT REPORT - whi
Mic level
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Virtual conferencing
General liability insurance
19. A promise - proposal or other expression of willingness to make and carry out a contract under proposed terms with another party which has the ability to accept it upon receiving it. Space and rent proposal from a facility. It may be in the form of a
Suitcasing
Freight forwarder
Offer
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
20. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
Lifelong learning
Webconferencing
Survey
VHS Video Home System
21. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.
French cart service
E-conferencing
Symposium
Fishbowl
22. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .
Overtime
Accessibility
Variable costs
Rear projection
23. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Conflict of interest statement
Contract
Housing company
DLP projector
24. Time worked by an employee outside of - or in addition to - regular working time or beyond the standard forty-hour workweek.
Overtime
Indirect costs
Air waybill
Citywide event
25. A detailed list of the individual line items that make up the revenue and expense categories in a budget. A numbering system used to identify every line item in a budget - so income and expenses are posted to the correct accounts.
American service
Chart of accounts
American Bar Association (ABA)
Priority point system
26. One of the advantages of a web-based event planning software solution or ASP is that clients already have the necessary tools available: a computer and a web browser. This familiar interface is cross-platforming - meaning that PCs - MACs - and large
Reservation review date
Opt-in
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Interface
27. Representatives of an event's exhibiting companies who act as advisers to show management on rules and procedures - and also update show management on industry trends and issues.
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Net worth
Speakers bureau
Accessibility
28. European term for booth or exhibit.
Priority point system
Straight-row seating
Stand
Feedback
29. The amount of information that can be transmitted in an information channel such as a telephone line - ISDN - or Ethernet. Higher bandwidth means that images and sound will load more quickly for use in videoconferences or on the Internet.
Release date
Customs broker
Incremental budgeting
Bandwidth
30. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.
General liability insurance
Attrition clause
Application sharing
Billing instructions
31. Actual number of meals served at a catered meal function or in a restaurant. See AUDIENCE COUNT.
Covers
Multi-point bridge
Workshop
Green event
32. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Trade-out
Broadband
Site inspection
Liability
33. Web sites that give visitors a reason to return to the site and be exposed to new offers.
Bid
Chat room
Computer data projection
Provision
34. A Web site that serves as a year-round online marketplace for buyers and sellers within a given marketplace. Such sites are also referred to as business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces - business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplaces or consumer-to-consumer
Attrition clause
Wireless microphone
Booth
Business exchange
35. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Direct billing
U-shape set-up
Feedback
Projector
36. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Function set-up order
Customs broker
CODEC
Arrival pattern
37. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
In conjunction with (ICW)
Style
Room block
Liability
38. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.
Direct billing
Room-based videoconferencing
PAR
Music licensing
39. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Omnidirectional microphone
Schedule of services
Line array
Income statement
40. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Combination bar
U-shape set-up
Less than truckload
Change order
41. When a company contracts space at a hotel or other adjacent venue to display their products and meet with exhibition attendees without paying show management for booth space or sponsorship fees.
Network
Outboarding
Shopping cart
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
42. An email - bulk fax - or bulk mail broadcast that provides attendees and prospects with the latest news and information about an upcoming event. Such reminders are usually distributed on an opt-in basis. See EMAIL ALERT.
Manifest
Conference reminder
PAR
Certification
43. Abbreviation for "hundred weight." This is the unit of measure used in drayage and freight shipments.
Hundredweight (CWT)
Marketing plan
Teleconferencing
Lifelong learning
44. Service for meeting and greeting a person upon arrival in a city - usually at the airport - pier or rail station and assisting him or her with entrance formalities - collecting baggage and obtaining transportation.
Meet and greet
Professional
Travel agency
Copy editor
45. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Overtime
Pre-set
Audience reaction team
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
46. Business-to-Business.
Hold harmless
B2B
LCD projector
Marketing
47. 1) An accounting method that enters income and expenses into the books at the time of contract versus when payment is received or expenses incurred (cash accounting). 2) A system in which revenue and expenses are accounted for as soon as they are com
Accrual accounting
Video projection
Breakout session
Van line
48. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Conference center
Facilitator
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Platform
49. I&D. 1) The set-up and teardown of exhibits. 2) Firm that does I&D work.
Liquidated damage clause
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Focus group
Cancellation clause
50. Services performed by GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR that includes delivery of exhibit materials from the dock to assigned space - removing empty crates - returning crates at the end of the event for re-crating - and delivering materials back to the dock
Material handling
Focus group
Unopposed exhibit hours
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)