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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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.
Advance registration
Liquidated damage clause
Production company
Rounded hollow square
2. A collection of publicity items that includes: 1) pertinent data on the meeting - such as agenda - historical data - guest speakers - special events - etc. The property - such as photos - descriptions of public space areas - local entertainment - etc
Liability
Concession
Truckload
Press kit
3. Manual or kit - usually developed by the service contractor for an event - containing general event information - labor/service order forms - rules and regulations and other information pertinent to an exhibitor's participation in an exhibition.
Blog
Exhibitor service manual
Pad-wrapped
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
4. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.
Zone fare
Market segments
Sampling
Housing company
5. 1) Schematic drawing of an exhibit hall including dimensions - design - shape - entrances - aisles - numbered exhibit booth/stands - lounges - concession areas - restrooms - electrical/plumbing accessibility - etc. 2) Scale plan of the floor area of
Facilitator
ducational programming committee
Press release
Floor plan
6. Event held to communicate information to media representatives.
Bandwidth
Carnet
Press conference
Audiovisual A/V
7. 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
Commission
Budget
Post event report
Jurisdiction
8. 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.
Incremental budgeting
Dram shop laws
Cut-off date
Export declaration
9. Portable videoconferencing system - usually mounted on a rolling cart or hard-sided case for ease of transport from room to room or across the globe.
On-demand
Audience polling
Interface
Set top box solutions (STBS)
10. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Set-up
U-shape set-up
CYC
Bid
11. 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.
Press conference
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Poster session
Meet and greet
12. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Space assignment
Message board
Etiquette
Blog
13. 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.
Charter
Low season
Document sharing
Workshop
14. An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty.
Contract
Advance deposit
Computer data projection
Stakeholder
15. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.
Productivity ticket
Bandwidth
Decorator
Material handling (formerly drayage)
16. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Continental breakfast
Foreign exchange currency risk
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Hospitality suite
17. Function room set-up that saves room turnover time - limits the number of event rooms required - and avoids additional charges for changing room set-ups.
Official carrier
Quick set
Exhibitor prospectus
Covers
18. Convention and visitor bureaus are not-for-profit organizations charged with representing a specific destination and helping the long-term development of communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Convention and visitor bureaus are usually me
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Balance sheet
Dais
Continental breakfast
19. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Fresnel
Buffet
PAR
Flying
20. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
lanning committee
Attrition clause
Liquidated damage clause
Debate
21. A voluntary and selective amount of money - given at will for special or excellent service.
General service contractor GSC
Barrier-free
Facilitator
Tip
22. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
French banquet service
Fixed costs
Complimentary
ISDN
23. Computer Assisted Drawing/Computer Assisted Manufacturing. Some facilities have CAD systems to provide room setup diagrams.
T-1 line
Floor plan
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
Hundredweight (CWT)
24. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.
Pro number
Walk
Resolution
Space assignment
25. AKA Classroom set-up. Seating arrangement in which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing. Also Called SCHOOLROOM SET-UP.
Force majeure
Smart card
Schoolroom set-up
Release date
26. 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.
Attrition clause
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Focus group
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
27. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
Speakers bureau
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Poster session
Casual attire
28. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Green event
Provision
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Audience polling
29. 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.
Digital video
Customs
Straight time
Travel agent
30. A new development using computer chips that can be read from a distance (similar to a bar code without the need for line of sight). This type of technology holds promise to help attendees - event managers and exhibitors share information - log into c
Contingency plan
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Style sheet
31. A type of exhibit construction in which the walls are of solid material - rather than fabric.
Hardwall
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Theater set-up
Distance learning
32. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Pre-set
Jurisdiction
Relational databases
Export license
33. 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.
Sampling
Group ware
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Dimensional weight
34. 1) A research method based upon selecting a portion of a population for study. 2) Paperwork and fees paid to a building by exhibitors for the right to serve food product.
Workshop
Sampling
French cart service
Logistics
35. 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.
2-D bar code
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Caterer
American Bar Association (ABA)
36. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Room block
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Relational databases
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
37. Assets minus liabilities.
Opt-in
Complimentary room
Net worth
Lead retrieval
38. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Override
Quick set
Cafeteria service
Theater set-up
39. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Pre-registration
Application service provider (ASP)
Linear booth
40. The complete package of marketing materials used to promote an event such as brochures - emails - direct mail - etc. Organizations should consider developing a style sheet to ensure consistency across all marketing collateral.
Marketing collateral
Schedule of services
Mediation
Lead retrieval
41. A payment to a sales representative for meeting or exceeding a sales revenue goal. Or a payment made to an individual or organization for bringing business to another individual or organization.
Commission
Debate
Act of God
Provision
42. Business-to-Business.
B2B
Consideration
Floor plan
Webcast
43. A needs assessment is an essential setp in ensuring that educational offerings are relevant to attendees. The results of post-event evaluations can be as valuable as a needs assessment.
Sales lead
Destination management company (DMC)
Needs assessment
Video projection
44. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Banquet event order (BEO)
Survey
Message board
45. The day-to-day cost of doing business that is pre-committed - such as salaries - insurance - lease expenses - utilities - etc.
Confirmation number
French banquet service
Fixed costs
Chart of accounts
46. 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
Rounded hollow square
Rooming list
Line level
Reservation review date
47. An individual or company which provides customs clearing services to shippers of goods to and from another country. Licensing and requirements vary from country to country. In the United States - a customs broker must be licensed by the Treasury Depa
One-stop shop
Post-event meeting
CYC
Customs broker
48. European term for booth or exhibit.
Space assignment
Interview
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Stand
49. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Hold harmless
Flying
Quick set
Contract
50. An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. At the request of the shipper - the forwarder makes the actual arrangements and provides the necessary services for expediting the shipment to its overseas destination. The forw
Rigging
Multidisciplinary
Freight forwarder
Request for proposal (RFP)