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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Shoulder season
Indirect costs
Unopposed exhibit hours
Marshalling yard
2. Permits the customs broker to complete the customs document upon the return of your shipment to the country of origin. A Power of Attorney allows one person to act as agent for another. A Limited Power of Attorney grants the right to act in only limi
Exhibition manager
Virtual conferencing
Limited power of attorney
Cluster
3. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio
Complimentary
Rebates
Green event
Indemnification clause
4. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Multidisciplinary
Publicity
Export license
Smart card
5. PER. 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
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Peripheral block
Post event report
B2B
6. Certification of measurements of meeting space through the Function Space Verification Program offered by the Professional Convention Management Association or through graphics layout software companies - e.g. MeetingMatrix.
High season
Accreditation
Familiarization (fam) trip
PCMA Space Verification Program
7. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.
Barrier-free
Schedule of services
Indemnification clause
Wireless microphone
8. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Blog
Pay-per-view
Rebates
LCD projector
9. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
PAR
Confrontation
Leko
Hand carry
10. A list - whether printed or electronic - by which an event organizer and/or their designates (e.g. a housing bureau) delivers multiple reservations to a hotel or other housing facility. Often the information contained in a rooming list is originally
Rooming list
Special event professional
Logistics
Set-up
11. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.
Peripheral block
Russian banquet service
Cut-off date
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
12. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog
Set-up
Dram shop laws
CYC
Accreditation
13. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Van line
Trade show facilitation website
VHS Video Home System
High season
14. An organization that provides event management and exhibitors with a wide range of services - sometimes including - but not limited to - Installation & Dismantle - creating and hanging signage and banners - laying carpet - drayage - and providing boo
Mixer
Fresnel
General service contractor GSC
Balance sheet
15. Generally refers to air-freight and van line shipments. Invoices are calculated with two weights - actual and dimensional. The dimensional weight is based upon the volume of the shipment. The billing weight is the larger of the two.
Leko
Exclusive
Dimensional weight
Conference reminder
16. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.
Lifelong learning
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Incremental budgeting
Attrition clause
17. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.
Real-time
Style
Shoulder season
Protocol
18. Meeting Industry Network (formerly CINET or Convention Industry Network). On-line information network tracking historical and future site/booking information. CINET is provided by IACVB to its members.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Reservation review date
Hospitality suite
Secure digital certificate
19. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
International event
Liability
Cash flow
Inducements
20. 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
Pro number
Export declaration
Accrual accounting
Decorator
21. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
E-conferencing
Fixed costs
Indirect costs
22. Date beyond which a facility is free to rent the unused sleeping rooms or function space to other groups.
Release date
Post-event meeting
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Consideration
23. A food service operation in which customers carry their own trays and select food from a display counter or counters. It is similar to a buffet - but food is served by attendants.
Target date
Cafeteria service
Audience reaction team
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
24. 1) The jobs that may be performed by a specific labor union. 2) The locality where a contractual dispute is decided. 3) In law - the ability of a court to hear and decide a matter brought before it.
DSL
Exclusive
Jurisdiction
Rooming list
25. Structure of event program elements to achieve specific goals and objectives.
Program design
Audit
Lecture
T-1 line
26. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Omnidirectional microphone
Certificate of insurance
Value proposition
Conference center
27. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Peripheral block
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Exhibit house
VHS Video Home System
28. FP. Projection of an image onto the front surface of a light reflecting screen from a projector placed within or behind the audience.
Front projection
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Concession
High season
29. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Omnidirectional microphone
Master account
Scoop
Multidisciplinary
30. A feature of many videoconferencing systems that allows two or more people to use the same software program - even if all do not have it on their computer or conferencing system.
Audiovisual A/V
Specialty contractor
Application sharing
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
31. The newest development in audio systems that can take traditional distributed systems - which require delay speakers to be hung throughout the room - to a new level. The advantage is that you can cover a room from a single line of speakers over the r
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Consideration
Line array
Balance sheet
32. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Indirect costs
Pallet
Post-event report PER
Logistics
33. Carrier that specializes in shipping uncrated exhibits - high-tech equipment and delicate materials that require special handling.
Van line
Omnidirectional microphone
Specialty contractor
CYC
34. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Modified American Plan
Cash accounting
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Complimentary
35. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.
Ultraviolet lighting
Hundredweight (CWT)
Charter
Simultaneous translation
36. Downloadable audio and video programs playable on MP3 players. This type of application may change the face of event marketing.
International event
Podcast
Cancellation clause
Resolution
37. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.
Straight-row seating
Carnet
Shuttle service
Computer data projection
38. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Cafeteria service
Commerical invoice
Commission
Non-performance
39. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Liquidated damage clause
Interface
Ultraviolet lighting
Official carrier
40. Facility that combines an exhibition space with a substantial number of smaller event spaces. The purpose of these buildings is to host trade shows - public shows - conventions - large food functions and other functions related to the convention indu
Convention center
Application service provider (ASP)
Lectern microphone
Shoulder season
41. A release of rights to substitute one party for another party. The release of an insurance company right to succeed to the insured's rights to sue for damages against the tortfeasor - after the insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to
LED Light Emitting Diode
Waiver of subrogation
Conflict of interest statement
American service
42. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
ite inspection
Acceptance
Gratuity
43. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Function set-up order
Two-tiered set-up
Pick-up
Linear booth
44. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.
Fiber-optic cable
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Bandwidth
Authorized signatory
45. Recognizing the possibility of injury - damage or loss - and having a means to prevent it or provide insurance.
On consumption
Schoolroom set-up
Interface
Risk management
46. A service provider of videoconferencing which allows multiple sites to connect simultaneously. A bridge connects three or more tele- or videoconference sites for simultaneous communication.
Rounded hollow square
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Ultraviolet lighting
Multi-point bridge
47. Sports shirt (possibly with jacket) for men; resort wear for women.
Stand
Hold harmless
Casual attire
Rider
48. A writtten plan that's purpose is to define the market for an event - outline a strategy for attracting and keeping participants - and prepare to adapt to changes in the market. This working document guides decisions about how - when - and where to e
Marketing plan
Integrated marketing
Slide
Mailing list
49. 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.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Broadband
Customs
Focus group
50. Educational and/or social events planned for spouses and guests of event participants.
Specialty contractor
Guest program
Linear booth
Modified American Plan