Chaptr 12 meeting, convention and event management
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The document defines MICE tourism as meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions tourism. It describes the various types of meetings like lectures, seminars, conferences, and workshops. Expositions and conventions bring larger groups together, while incentives are for employee rewards. Meeting planners are responsible for venue selection, catering, production, transportation, lodging, and conference services to plan events. Convention and visitor bureaus promote local conventions and tourism. A career in event planning requires skills in organization, project management, communication, and budgeting.
Chaptr 12 meeting, convention and event management
- 1. Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conventions, Exhibitions and Event Management
- 2. Name the hospitality industry associations Describe the various types of meetings Explain the difference between meetings, expositions, and conventions Describe the role of a meeting planner Explain the primary responsibilities of a convention and visitor’s bureau or authority List the steps in event management
- 3. MICE is used to refer to a particular type of tourism in which large groups, usually planned well in advance, are brought together for some particular purpose. MICE tourism usually includes a well-planned agenda centered around a particular theme or topic, such as profession trade organization, a special interest group or an educational topic. Such tourism is often a specialized area with its own exhibition
- 4. Meeting –Brings people together for the purpose of exchanging information an event booked at a hotel, convention center or any other venue dedicated to such gatherings. Meeting covers the following: 1. Lecture (one presentation), 2. Seminar (typically several presentations, small audience, one day), 3. Conference (mid-size, one or more days), 4. Congress (large, several days), 5. Exhibition or trade show (with manned stands being visited by passers-by), 6. Workshop (smaller, with active participants), training course, team-building session and kick-off event.
- 5. Clinic- workshop type educational experience in which attendees learn by doing. (small groups interacting with each other) Forum – an assembly for the discussion of common concerns. Usually, experts in a given field take the opposite sides of an issue in a panel discussion.
- 6. Seminar – a lecture and a dialogue that allow participants to share experiences in a particular field. A seminar is guided by an expert discussion leader, usually 30 or fewer persons participates.
- 7. Symposium - a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience. A collection of opinions expressed or articles contributed by several persons on a given subject or topic.
- 8. Workshop – meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants.
- 9. Incentive tourism is usually undertaken as a type of employee reward by a company or institution for targets met or exceeded, or a job well done. Unlike the other types of MICE tourism, incentive tourism is usually conducted purely for entertainment, rather than professional or educational purposes.
- 10. is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession.
- 14. A trade fair (trade show, trade exhibition or expo) is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent market trends and opportunities.
- 15. ROLE OF A MEETING PLANNER
- 17. Verbal and written communications Organization and time management Project management and multi-tasking Self-starter and team player Understand Microsoft Office applications Detail and deadline-oriented Calm and personable under pressure Negotiation Budget management Staff management Marketing and public relations Interpersonal skills with all levels of management
- 18. Venue selection Catering Production Entertainment Gifts Transportation Lodging Conference Services
- 19. Those who pursue a career in event planning come from a variety of professions and academic backgrounds. Many employers prefer a bachelor's degree in hospitality management, business administration, marketing, public relations, or communications.
Editor's Notes
- #4: Recently, there has been an industry trend towards using the term meetings industry to avoid confusion from the acronym. Other industry educators are recommending the use of "Events Industry" to be an umbrella term for the vast scope of the meeting and events profession. Most components of MICE are well understood, perhaps with the exception of incentives. Incentive tourism is usually undertaken as a type of employee reward by a company or institution for targets met or exceeded, or a job well done. Unlike the other types of MICE tourism, incentive tourism is usually conducted purely for entertainment, rather than professional or educational purposes. [3]
- #18: Meetings and conventions bring people together for a common purpose, and meeting and convention planners work to ensure that this purpose is achieved seamlessly. Meeting planners coordinate every detail of meetings and conventions, from the speakers and meeting location to arranging for printed materials and audio-visual equipment. Meeting and convention planners work for nonprofit organizations, professional and similar associations, hotels, corporations, and government. Some organizations have internal meeting planning staffs, and others hire independent meeting and convention planning firms to organize their events.The the event planner creates programs that address the purpose, message or impression that their organization or client is trying to communicate. Event planners work long and non-traditional hours to plan and execute all details related to a variety of meeting formats including seminars, conferences, trade shows, executive retreats, incentive programs, golf events, conventions, and other programs.