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Event Industry
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Instructions:
Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Meeting providing intensive education on a particular study
Consumer or public show
revenue sources
MEEC
lecture
2. Captive audience - Variety of styles - Incentive trips - Special interest cruises - Isolated meetings - Unique meeting space - Complete meeting package pricing
venue
panel
convention center revenue
cruise ships
3. Representing a profession - Trades - Representing an industry - Not for profits/ Nonprofits - SMERFs- Social military educational religious fraternal
types of associations
CLC
incentive travel
FAM
4. Convention liason council. members - american hotel and lodging owners and gm's ASAE(american society of association executives) HSMAI(hotel sales marketing association international aka people who sell hotels) IACVB(international association of conv
CLC
CMP
corporations
associations
5. Open to public - interchangeable term for trade show
exhibitions
post con
exposition
CLC
6. 844 -100 corporate meetings -10.3 billion in expenditures - avg attendance 60 people
panel
retreat facilites
exhibitions
2001
7. Goals and objectives
2001
CLC
first thing to determine
retreat
8. Brings experts to share diverging views with a particular discipline
Consumer or public show
first thing to determine
cruise ships
workshops
9. Familiairization trips to get the planner to pick a place
SMART
incentive travel
retreat
FAM
10. Residential or non-residential - Specialize in small to mid-size meetings - Designed for comfort of meeting participant and focused on learning and teaching. Offers complete meeting package- "CMP" - May comply with guidelines of the international ass
four methods of housing
MEEC
first thing to determine
conference center
11. One day meeting
key person concept
exposition
convention centers
assembly
12. Officers - Senior managers in sales and marketing - Senior financial managers and controllers
first thing to determine
conference center
SMART
meeting decision makers
13. An exposition open to the public - Admission may or may not be changed
conference center
MEEC
Consumer or public show
trade show/fair
14. Meeting with an exhibit component
convention
first thing to determine
panel
CMP
15. Incentive meeting - event - travel company
standard bus
incentive travel
cruise ships
revenue sources
16. Discussion with moderator and 2 or more participants
trade show/fair
pre con meetings
panel
corporations
17. They do less meetings - spend more money blown out - An organized body that serves a group of people who have some interest - activity or purpose that they share in common have some volunteer leadership structure and many employ a staff
retreat facilites
key person concept
types of associations
associations
18. Continuing educational credits
RFP
CEC
conference center
revenue sources
19. Inter-changeable term for tradeshow Also known as expo
2001
exposition
four methods of housing
SMART
20. Specific - measurable - achievable - relevant - time based
SMART
corporations
exhibitions
conference center
21. Test to be a certified meeting professional establisheed in 1985
CMP
FAM
lecture
seminar
22. Team of people who knoweachother meeting about one subject
retreat
2001
trade show/fair
venue
23. Revenue sources - Rental fees for exhibit space and meeting rooms - Catering services - Convention service fees - Pay ala carte
exposition
cruise ships
convention center revenue
trade show/fair
24. Gathering for business - educational - or social purposes-- need to meet face to face - learn from peers - verbal and non verbal communication
CLC
RFP
first thing to determine
meeting
25. Request for proposal - written descriptio of all meeting requirements -
convention centers
workshops
FAM
RFP
26. Guest rooms - Guest room charges - Restaurants - bars and room service - Concessions at pool - spa or beach - Telephone and business services - Meetings - Food and beverage - Space rental - Vendor commissions - Audio visual - entertainment - d
associations
FAM
CMP
revenue sources
27. Attendees arrange their own - attendees get group rate - planners arrange room list - third party housing bureau
corporations
four methods of housing
venue
exposition
28. Lodging - food - beverage - transportation - attractions - entertainment - shopping
venue
seven divisions of the industry
key person concept
assembly
29. Hosts meetings and exhibits has no sleeping rooms. Offers banquet and concession food and beverage service - Large flexible space- hosts large and small trade shows; also meetings and banquets - Usually owned by city - county or local government
convention center revenue
convention centers
corporations
incentive travel
30. Improving the skills or participants
first thing to determine
SMART
convention center revenue
seminar
31. Holds 52 passengers
standard bus
convention centers
FAM
conference center
32. Where is the event being held- could be physical location like the Washington D.C. Hilton or the city
conference center
SMART
venue
lecture
33. Legally chartered enterprises conduct business on behalf of owners with intentions of increasing the value of the corpotation. public- sell stock - has a board of directors - owned by stockholders. private- owned privately and stock is not sold
corporations
meeting
CLC
seven divisions of the industry
34. Hotel CSM has people report to them and then talks to the meeting planner catering manager is the exception
key person concept
convention centers
pre con meetings
panel
35. Small- meeting planner and small amount of staff - give feedback - go over master account
meeting decision makers
post con
exhibitions
RFP
36. They do more meetings - spend less money try to minimize spending - mandatory
seven divisions of the industry
venue
corporations
first thing to determine
37. Day or two before event - meet all hotel reps - reconfirm arrangements
convention center revenue
key person concept
pre con meetings
retreat
38. Closed to public - businesss to business event
trade show/fair
retreat
cruise ships
associations
39. Tend to be very rural - Similar to conference centers - May be owned by religious or nonprofit groups - families or closely held corporations - May specialize in extra-curricular activities
conference center
retreat facilites
cruise ships
exhibitions
40. Meetings - expositions - events - and conventions industry
CMP
venue
MEEC
exposition
41. direct spending figure from meeting industry
meeting
MEEC
CEC
122.31 billion