Chapters 12&13 (due 5/4)

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1. Shaina says:

   May 3, 2016 at 3:01 pm

   Chapter 12, focused on meetings, conventions and expositions. The development of the industry; this is mainly for social, sporting, political, or religious purposes. Meetings represent a segment of the tourism industry that has grown over the years years. The size of the industry and the benefits are marketing avenues, member services, networking, governmental and political voice. Then there are meeting planners, service contractors, and the types of meetings include: Clinic, Forum, Seminar, Symposium, Workshop. The purpose of a meeting is to affect behavior. The meetings are set up to the wishes of the client. Annual meetings, board committee, seminars and workshops, professional and technical meetings. Corporate meetings, conventions and expositions, social military, educational, religious and fraternal groups, incentive meetings. The meeting planning includes not only the planning, but the holding of the meeting and the meeting evaluations. Then there is the contract which is a legal document that binds two or more parties. The meetings industry is becoming more responsible in its stewardship, and it makes economic sense. Finally, the conference event order has all the information necessary for the department employees. Overall, the trends will be in affect because the industry needs to be more sophisticated and competitiveness has increased. More people will travel abroad to attend meetings and this is only the beginning.

   Chapter 13, focused on special events, event planning is a term that refers to a career path in the growing field. Event planners are responsible for planning the event from start to finish. The event management requires vision and leadership skills, the key results areas are marketing, financial, operational, and legal. There are many things that are needed in event management for example, sponsorships, advertising security cost, labor cost and production costs. The first stage of event planning is the research stage, second stage is design, and the third stage is the actual planning. A lot of this takes coordination, evaluation, time management, financial management, technology and effective human resource management. The classification special events are, corporate events, association events, charity balls and fundraising events, social functions, fairs and festivals, concert, sporting events, and mega sporting events. This type of field is great for people who love planning and are very organized. This also takes a lot of leadership skills and having the ability to manage, for example, Having the ability to multi-task and having the ability to communicate with other departments plays a big role in this industry. Overall the special events industry is growing and clients want more and more great events.

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2. Dreagut1101 says:

   May 4, 2016 at 4:44 pm

   Chapter 12 & 13 were about event planning, meetings, expositions and conventions. This chapter I found a tad boring but still very informative. It really helped me differentiate the types of events and meetings there are. Like Seminars and Symposiums are different. I used to think they were the same thing. In 1105 we did talk a little about this and the categories of groups that hold events and conventions. We memorized SMERF, Social, Military, Education, Religious and Fraternal.
   Event Planning was more focused because of the responsibilities event planners/managers have. They need to meet expectations, deal with unplanned circumstances, and make makes it harder is that it involves legally binding contracts. An event planner or a DMC Destination Management Company have to have good timing, management, and communication skills that can juggle many things together. They can get sponsorship too as long as they promote their sponsor’s products. It was all very intimidating to me.

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3. Shuhong Wu says:

   May 4, 2016 at 4:49 pm

   Chapter 12 is about the meetings, conventions, and expositions in hospitality management industry. The meeting was mainly for social, sporting, political, or religious purposes in the past. Meetings, incentive travel, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE) represent a segment of the tourism industry that has grown in recent years. The key players in the Industry are convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), meeting planners and their clients, the convention centers, specialized services, and exhibitions. DMC, Destination Management Company, works with hotels. It can do everything you imagine. Meeting planners play an important role in the industry. There are several meeting types such as clinic, forum, seminar, symposium and workshop. People spend millions of dollars on meetings every year. A good association meeting planner should consider the destination’s availability of hotel and facilities, ease of transportation costs, food and beverage. Conventions and expositions are usually held for three to five days. Sustainable meetings, conventions, and expositions become a new trend.
   Chapter 13 is focus on especial events. Event planners who are in charge the events from the beginning to the end are soul of events. They have the ability to set the date and location, advertising the event, providing refreshments, arranging catering, speakers, or entertainment. It requires vision and leader-manager skills including marketing, financial, operational, legal knowledge. The event planning process begins with researching. The following steps are designing, planning, coordination and evaluation. Then it explains the classifications of special events like corporate event, association events, charity balls and fundraising events, social functions, fairs and festivals, concerts and sporting events, mega sporting events. Handling these events require a lot of skills and one of the most important skills is leadership skills because you have to lead your team to finish the events.

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