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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Mixer
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
American Plan (Full American Plan)
2. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.
Clause
Multidisciplinary
Less than truckload
Productivity ticket
3. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.
Liquidated damage clause
Conference center
ite inspection
Conference reminder
4. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Gratuity
Special event professional
Continuing education
Outboarding
5. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.
Accrual accounting
International event
Hundredweight (CWT)
Backwall
6. 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
Pro number
Transfer
Accreditation
Hundredweight (CWT)
7. Computer application that enables voting and then collects and displays the results - simplifying decision-making among event participants.
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
ISDN
Audience polling
Real-time
8. 1) Common term for sealed beam spot or flood lamp with self-contained lens surfaced glass. 2) In golf - one less than bogey.
PAR
Fixed costs
Open bar (host bar)
Certification
9. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
VHS Video Home System
Paid-out
Site inspection
Limited power of attorney
10. List of names and addresses of the persons to whom publicity material or other information is to be sent.
Exclusive
Mailing list
Gratuity
Whiteboarding
11. 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.
Rooming list
Caterer
Contract
Less than truckload
12. 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.
Bandwidth
Objective
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Distributed speaker system
13. Sports shirt (possibly with jacket) for men; resort wear for women.
Casual attire
Download
Net worth
Fishbowl
14. 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)
Message board
Exhibition manager
Accessibility
15. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multidisciplinary
Target date
Category cable
Media relations
16. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Pad-wrapped
Liability
Fiber-optic cable
Backbone
17. DMC. A professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge - expertise and resources - specializing in the design and implementation of events - activities - tours - transportation and program logistics. Depending on the company and th
Mic level
Non-performance
Destination management company (DMC)
B2B
18. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Poster session
Contingency plan
Rounded hollow square
Rear projection
19. Carrier that specializes in shipping uncrated exhibits - high-tech equipment and delicate materials that require special handling.
Van line
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Income statement
Blog
20. RFP. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.
Export declaration
Request for proposal (RFP)
Income statement
Chart of accounts
21. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
Commission
Specialty contractor
Lavaliere microphone
Authorized signatory
22. 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
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Banquet event order (BEO)
Floor plan
Consular invoice
23. Informative and instructional speech.
Multi-point bridge
Covers
Cancellation Clause
Lecture
24. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.
LCD projector
Rooming list
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Tone
25. A voluntary and selective amount of money - given at will for special or excellent service.
Priority point system
Debate
Tip
Commission
26. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
Shuttle service
Cut-off date
Variable costs
General liability insurance
27. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Change order
Logistics
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Booth
28. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Island booth
Housing company
Risk management
Omnidirectional microphone
29. 1) Room or suite of rooms used to entertain guests. 2) An event in the United States usually separate from the exhibit - in which refreshments are served and exhibitor personnel and visitors socialize.
Hospitality suite
Conference reminder
Audiovisual A/V
Secure digital certificate
30. 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.
Air waybill
Banquet event order (BEO)
Platform
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
31. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
History
Island booth
Certificate of insurance
Unopposed exhibit hours
32. 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
Theater set-up
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
CODEC
Accrual accounting
33. Type of meeting which brings together three or more people in two or more locations through telecommunications.
Gobo
Teleconferencing
Low season
APEX RFP
34. A single source provider of goods or services.
Press release
One-stop shop
Transfer
Audit
35. A requirement for entering into a binding contract. If a contract proposal (offer) is made - it is accepted if the offeree signs the offer as submitted. If the offeree makes any changes to the offer before signing - it is a counter offer - not accept
Acceptance
Variable costs
Cost center
Exhibition service contractor
36. 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.
Outboarding
Butler service
Travel agency
Exhibitor service manual
37. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
Non-performance
Cancellation Clause
Dimensional weight
NCR form
38. 1) Any seat - berth - room - or service provided and/or sold to a guest - attendee or passenger. 2) Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - a step taken to allow a person with a disability to participate in an event or employment.
Familiarization (fam) trip
Accommodation
Provision
Post-event meeting
39. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
Commerical invoice
Liquidated damage clause
Attrition clause
Continuing education
40. Names and contact information of potential customers. Attendee lists are often provided as sales leads to exhibitors as an incentive to participate in an exhibition.
On consumption
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Sales lead
Accreditation
41. One or more standard units of exhibit space. In the US - a standard unit is generally known to be a 10' x 10' space (one standard booth/stand unit - equaling 100 nsf). However - if an exhibitor purchases multiple units side-by-side or back-to-back -
Booth
Demonstration
Budget
Omnidirectional microphone
42. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
Hospitality suite
Wireless microphone
Platform
Lead retrieval
43. 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.
Exhibit house
Production company
Charter
Exhibitor prospectus
44. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 44.184 Mbps - is faster than a T-1 line - allowing performance of more tasks simultaneously at a greater speed. See T-1 LINE.
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
T-3 line
Rebates
45. 1) Some Web-based content such as event Webcasts are made available to online customers on a pay-per-view basis - which means that customers have to pay to access this programming. 2) Video productions accessible to customers who pay for access to th
Sponsorship
Act of God
Rigging
Pay-per-view
46. AKA CSEP or Certified Special Event Professional - a designation offered by the International Special Events Society (ISES) earned through education - perofrmance - experience - and service to the industry.
Backwall
Gobo
Reservation review date
Special event professional
47. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Mic level
Exclusive
Casual attire
48. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers. A membership organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States and grants licensing agreements for the performance of that music.
Russian banquet service
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Official carrier
Rider
49. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Contingency plan
Travel agent
Computer data projection
APEX
50. A process of identifying human wants and needs - and developing a plan to meet those wants and needs. Refers to everything involved with convincing an attendee to come to the event. Also refers to providing information to support the exhibit sales fu
Marketing
Lavaliere microphone
Cafeteria service
Commission