[RECR 470] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 17 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 470
• Professor: Matthew Stone

Document Summary

Size of meeting industry (usa: 1. 83 million meetings, trade shoes, etc, 225 million attendees, 275 million room nights, billion in direct spending, billion in tax revenue. Types of meetings/conferences: convention, conference, congress, city-wide convention. More than one hotel: trade show, exhibition, exhibition. Not anyone can go: consumer show. Ex gem show, car show, wedding show. Anyone can go: meeting, panel discussion. Ppl w/diff. areas of expertise: symposium. Terms to know: keynote speaker (cid:862)headli(cid:374)er(cid:863) Can find @ speakers" (cid:271)ureau: general session. Smaller groups, specific topics: concurrent sessions. Gathering of like-minded ppl in an industry. Types of planners (who plans conventions?: full-time meeting planners. Who has these: single-event/part-time planners, committees. Why are they called that? (cid:862)i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)g pla(cid:374)(cid:374)er(cid:863) Types of meeting facilities: convention center. Owned by city b/c brings in rev. for city: hotels, conference center. Trends: clocks in back, not front, safety.