HFT 2750 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Tech (Newspaper), Emergency Management, Composite Video

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management
• Course: HFT 2750
• Professor: Ashley Schroeder

Document Summary

A professional services business that has extensive local knowledge, expertise, and resources. It specializes in the design and implementation of events, activities, tours, transportation, and program logistics. A non-profit organization that is defined and recognized by its incorporated local government entity as the representative organization. Responsible for promoting the economic development of their community through travel and tourism. Cvbs and dmos are interchangeable convention & visitors(cid:859) bureaus and destination marking organizations their mission is to promote long-term development and marketing of a destination, focusing on convention sales, tourism marketing, and services. To find the right fit for any size meeting: Free to event planners because they are funded by stake-holders, and by attendees through taxes. Non-profit organizations primary funded by their local governments. The first cvb started in 1896 in detroit with milton carmichael. Started using the term dmo instead of cvb for a less bureaucratic connotation to the traveling public.