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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Walk
Schoolroom set-up
Dimensional weight
2. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Uplink
Direct billing
On-demand
Certificate of insurance
3. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Union
Mic level
Export license
Distance learning
4. 1) Certified Meeting Professional. 2) Complete Meeting Package at conference centers; includes lodging - all food and beverage - support services - including audio visual equipment - room rental - etc.
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Charter
Suitcasing
Contract
5. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.
Online registration
Outsourcing
Exhibit house
Productivity ticket
6. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Rigging
Blog
Symposium
Productivity ticket
7. An email marketing campaign that only sends messages to users who have requested (or opted-in) to receive specific types of information. Email conference reminders and newsletters are examples of opt-in email marketing campaigns based upon permission
Opt-in
Direct billing
Advance deposit
Contract
8. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
American service
LED Light Emitting Diode
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
9. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Cancellation clause
Manifest
Platform
Dimensional weight
10. 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.
Truckload
Rounded hollow square
Workshop
Rigging
11. 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
Mixer
Housing company
Uplink
12. Computer Assisted Drawing/Computer Assisted Manufacturing. Some facilities have CAD systems to provide room setup diagrams.
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
Gratuity
American service
Production company
13. 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.
Etiquette
Banquet event order (BEO)
Tip
Rear projection
14. AKA Group Specification Guide or Resume. Spec Guide. The industry preferred term for a comprehensive document that outlines the complete requirements and instructions for an event. This document is typically authored by the event planner and is share
2-D bar code
Colloquium
Exhibit house
Group specifications guide
15. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.
Line level
Cash flow
Application service provider (ASP)
Liquidated damage clause
16. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Multi-point bridge
Master account
Flying
Cluster
17. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Facilitator
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
18. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Liability
Zone fare
Cluster
Survey
19. 1) Merchandise or refreshments sold on site - to individuals - in conjunction with an event. 2) Contractual agreement where one party provides something of value to the other party in exchange for something else - pending certain conditions.
Distributed speaker system
Concession
High season
Digital marketing
20. 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
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Skid
Mailing list
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
21. A customs document permitting the holder to carry or send merchandise temporarily into certain foreign countries (for display - demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds.
Travel agency
Common carrier
Trade-out
Carnet
22. Flat rate for which a hotel or motel agrees to offer any of its available sleeping rooms (with the exception of suites) to a group. Final assignment of rooms is at the discretion of the hotel. See RUN-OF-THE-HOUSE RATE.
Lectern microphone
Blog
Flate rate
Consular invoice
23. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.
Rounded hollow square
Complimentary room
Group specifications guide
Good faith
24. The type of platform that multi-purpose technology solutions designed to handle many event planning and management tasks are built on. They range in price from a few hundred dollars for a basic single-user program to hundreds of thousands of dollars
Relational databases
Online registration
Backbone
Straight time
25. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Platform
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Rounded hollow square
DVCam
26. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.
Mixer
Zone fare
Budget
Billing instructions
27. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Pre-registration
DSL
Foreign exchange currency risk
Category cable
28. Lighting instruments that can be computer controlled to move light around the room - and project color and patterns on screens - scenery - walls or floor.
Intelligent lighting
Foreign exchange currency risk
American service
Advance registration
29. 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.
T-shape set-up
Press release
Concession
Chart of accounts
30. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Accrual accounting
Less than truckload
Van line
Buffet
31. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Reservation review date
Cancellation clause
Modified American Plan MAP
In-house contractor
32. A tax that is added to a product at each step of the manufacturing and marketing process reflecting value which has been added to the product by processing.
Combination bar
Value-added tax (VAT)
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Exclusive contractor
33. 1) Meeting of several persons for intensive discussion. The workshop concept has been developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline or on a particular subject. 2) Informal and public session of free discussion organized to ta
Hold harmless
Workshop
Reservation review date
Strategic plan
34. A detailed section of a contract pertaining to a specific issue.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Rigging
Focus group
Clause
35. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Limited power of attorney
Audience polling
Value proposition
Overhead
36. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.
High season
Value proposition
Cash accounting
Shoulder season
37. 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.
Podcast
Pro number
Contract
Catering manager
38. Person or firm which is licensed and specializes in travel related arrangements - such booking hotel rooms - meals - transportation - cruises - tours - vacation packages and other travel elements.
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Travel agent
Familiarization (fam) trip
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
39. 1) Lecture and dialogue allowing participants to share experiences in a particular field under the guidance of an expert discussion leader. 2) A meeting or series of meetings of from 10 to 50 specialists who have different specific skills but have a
Computer data projection
Seminar
Island booth
Fixed costs
40. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Pre-con
Official carrier
Accrual accounting
Mag-stripe
41. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.
Barrier-free
Network
ISDN
Event specifications guide (ESG)
42. 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.
Interface
Minimum labor call
Multi-point bridge
On-demand
43. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
Change order
Symposium
Advance deposit
Authorized signatory
44. 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
Line array
Lecture
lanning committee
General service contractor GSC
45. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Webconferencing
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Equalizer
Offer
46. A type of digital telecommunication line that provides high speed internet access for mulitple users.
Request for proposal (RFP)
APEX
Target date
ISDN
47. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Balance sheet
Music licensing
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Familiarization (fam) trip
48. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
ISDN
Pre-set
Billing instructions
Audit
49. 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.
Digital marketing
Jurisdiction
Opt-out
Webconferencing
50. 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
Post event report
Market segments
International event
Event-contracted block (ECB)