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PRESENTATION 2012
CONVENTION & CONFERENCE CENTERS OPPORTUNITY
OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLATFORM PROGRAM USA
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A convention and visitor bureau [CVB] is the dominant form of destination marketing organization in the United States, but is found in other countries as well. Destination marketing organizations have many names – convention and visitors bureaus, visitors' bureaus, welcome centers, tourism bureaus, travel and tourism bureaus, information centers and more. Regardless of the name, these organizations offer many services to the traveling public. While each U.S. State has a department of travel and tourism, most counties and/or cities also have their own CVB, to promote a narrower geographical area. |
PROTOTYPICAL SERVICE SECTOR
Typically, a convention and visitors bureau provides information about a destination's lodging, dining, attractions, events, museums, arts and culture, history and recreation. Some even provide bus services, insider tips, top ten attraction and activity lists, blogs, photos, forums, free things to do, season-specific activity suggestions and more. The organization works with tourists and meeting planners to provide valuable information on their local area. Their goal is to help make a visitor's trip or a conference attendees' meeting a much more enjoyable and rewarding experience. In many locations, they work closely with a convention center that will offer large spaces for larger meetings, trade shows, and conventions than can be accommodated in a single hotel. Usually, these organizations also have a local office where one can find maps, brochures, travel professionals, local insight, visitors guides, souvenirs and more.
CONVENTION CENTERSA convention center [American English, conference centre British English] is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows, are sometimes known as 'exhibition centres'. Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls, lecture halls, meeting rooms, and conference rooms.Some large resort area hotels include a convention center. |
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A convention, in the sense of a meeting, 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, and fandom.
Trade conventions typically focus on a particular industry or industry segment, and feature keynote speakers, vendor displays, and other information and activities of interest to the event organizers and attendees. Professional conventions focus on issues of concern to the profession and advancements in the profession. Such conventions are generally organized by societies dedicated to promotion of the topic of interest.
Fan conventions usually feature displays, shows, and sales based on pop culture and guest celebrities.
Science fiction conventions traditionally partake of the nature of both professional conventions and fan conventions, with the balance varying from one to another. Conventions also exist for various hobbies, such as gaming or model railroads.
Conventions are often planned and coordinated, often in exacting detail, by professional meeting and convention planners, either by staff of the convention's hosting company or by outside specialists. Most large cities will have a convention center dedicated to hosting such events.
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MICEThe term MICE - Meetings Incentives Conventions and Exhibitions - is widely used in Asia as a description of the industry. The Convention ["C" is one of the most dynamic elements in the M.I.C.E. segment. The industry is generally regulated under the tourism sector.
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PROTOTYPICAL & REPRESENTATIONAL INDUSTRY MISSION
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Although there are many government and chamber of commerce bodies that have responsibility for marketing a destination to visitors and selling to conventions and meeting planners, most convention and visitors bureaus [CVBs] are non-profit organizations, working independently under the direction of a board of elected directors. The fundamental mission of a convention and visitor bureau is the promotion of the economic development of a destination through increasing visits from tourists and business travelers, which generates overnight lodging for a destination, visits to restaurants, and shopping revenues. Convention and visitor bureaus are the most important tourism marketing organizations in their respective tourist destinations, as they are directly responsible for marketing the destination brand through travel and tourism "product awareness" to visitors. While they primarily are funded through the collection of "bed taxes" on visitors, convention and visitors bureaus produce billions of dollars in direct and indirect revenue and taxes for their state and local economies with their marketing and sales expertise.
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