Exam 14: Meetings, Conventions, and Expositions

What is the primary responsibility of the Convention and Visitors Bureau?

A ________ is a specially designed distraction-free learning environment dedicated to hosting and supporting small to medium sized meetings.

In the hospitality industry, the two largest expositions are the American Hotel & Lodging Association conference and the ________ annual exposition.

MICE is an acronym for:

What are the five primary responsibilities of the convention and visitors bureau?

The sales manager is meeting with the meeting planner for a large convention, the meeting planner would like for the audience to be able to see the main stage but does not feel that note Taking by participants will be a requirement. What type of meeting room set-up would you Suggest?

A lecture and dialog or ________ is a type of meeting that allows participants to share experiences in a particular field.

List three venues where you would hold a meeting, a convention, or an exposition. Describe the venue and why you would hold an event at this location.

A person that contracts out their services to (or work for)associations and corporations and plan meetings down to the last detail is:

What are five types of associations?

SMERF groups:

MICE is an acronym for ________ which represents a segment of the tourism industry that has become very profitable; the average MICE tourist spends about twice as much as other tourists.

Which group (market sector)has the greatest percentage of convention center utilization?

A service organization within the visitor industry, known as a ________ offers programs and services designed to meet the clients needs and sells destinations to meeting planners.

Differentiate between a meeting, a convention, and an exposition. Give an example of each.

Which of the following positions would be the least likely member of a destination management company?

Associations date back many centuries and their roots can be found in the ________ of the Middle Ages.

An event that brings together sellers of products and services, where they can show their wares to a group of attendees is known as a:

An assembly for the discussion of common concerns that features experts in a given field who take opposite sides of an issue in a panel discussion and includes the opportunity for audience Participation is known as a:

Hired by the exposition show manager or association meeting planner, the ________ is responsible for providing all of the services needed to run the facilities for a trade show.