Ch 13 Meetings, Conventions and Expos Flashcards
CVB stands for
Convention and Visitors Bureau
a site inspection that meeting, convention and exposition managers go on
Familiarization (FAM) Trips
A service organization within the visitor industry that offers a host of program and services to meet clients’ needs
DMC or Destination Management Company
Independent contractors who contract out their services to both associations and corporations as the need arises
Meeting planners
MICE stands for
Meeting, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions
This place was designed with a “Hawaiian Sense of Place”
Hawaii Convention Center
Industry trade group that is generally a public relations organization founded and funded by corporations in a specific industry
Trade Association
A professional body or organization, usually nonprofit, that exists to further a particular profession and to protest the interests of professionals
Professional Association
A form of meeting that is a workshop-type education experience where participants learn by doing
clinic
An assembly for the discussion of common concerns, usually experts in a given filed take opposite sides of an issue
Forum
A lecture and a dialogue that allow participants to share experience, is mostly guided by an expert discussion leader
Seminar
An event at which a particular subject is discussed by experts and opinions are gathered
Symposium
A small group led by a facilitator or trainer
Workshop
A room set up where it is intended for a large audience that does not need to take or refer to notes
Theater Style
Meeting format is more instructional and participants need to refer to notes or document
Classroom Style
