HTM 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lions Clubs International, National Restaurant Association, Residence Inn By Marriott
23 Jan 2019
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Intro to convention, meetings, and trade show industry. Types of meetings: board meeting, breakout session, retreat + team building (expensive, relaxation, seminar (informative, fair (entertainment, food, arts+crafts, fundraiser, congress, green meeting (environment, gala (fancy, high-end, night events, exhibition, expo, reception (informal, celebration) Smerf (social, military, education, recreation, fraternal) (sorority, fraternity, lions. Full-time: big-business with lots of meetings and events. Part-time: smaller businesses who only have 1-2 events per year. Committees: a lot of associations and nonprofits who plan the event in a group. Third-party: a person hired to plan several events for several businesses. Convention hotels hotels with many rooms and meeting spaces (amway grand plaza) Boutique hotels smaller hotels with very few rooms, but maybe a large indoor venue/meeting space (city flatts) All-suite hotels hotels with rooms that provide guests with a kitchenette along with seating space aside from the bed (residence inn) Resorts hotels that have an attraction attached (kalahari) 34% have their cmp (certified meeting planner)
