HTL 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tourism Bureau, Meeting And Convention Planner, Airbnb

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTL 503
• Professor: Judy Healy

Document Summary

You don"t have to use them but they"re great for knowing everything about the destination (vast info and very specific too) If i"m a local planner, i may not need them because i may know the local destinations better but if i"m not from the destination, finding a dmc to provide tours and activities is ideal. Primary role: to help the leading planner do actual execution. Tours/activities for spouses, kids etc while the attendee is attending the meeting. Transportation air transportation but main focus is ground transportation (airport to hotel to convention centre) Onsite registration when you have 4k people registering, they"ll be your go-to. Meet and greets of vips; as planners you need to be on site but the. Vips (guest speakers and executives) are major focus of whether or not you can get them to the event on time but you can"t be at two places at once so dmc could help that.