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| Convention and visitor bureau | A nonprofit service organization that promotes a destination and sometimes provides services for meetings and conventions. |
| Convention services manager | A member of a hotel or resort’s staff who is responsible for all aspects of a convention. |
| Exhibit designer | Someone who designs a display booth or area to show products or services to prospective buyers. |
| Exhibitor | The company or organization sponsoring an exhibit booth. |
| Meeting | A planned event in which a group of people gather together to accomplish something. |
| Meeting planner | Someone who plans meetings for an association, a corporation, or some other group. |
| Meeting industry | An industry that comprises meetings, meeting planners, meeting sponsors and meeting suppliers. |
| Trade show | An exhibit of products and services that is usually closed to the public. Also called an exposition. |
| Convention | Might have thousands of delegates at a major center using dozens of hotels. |
| Association meetings | Attendance at these are voluntary, causing meeting planners to pay special attention to site selection. |
| Management meetings | The largest segment of the corporate meetings market. |
| Incentive trips | Offer a combination of meetings and recreation. |
| Stockholders meetings | Annual events usually lasting a day with an average attendance of 95 persons. |
| World Trade Show | Wholesale and retail show held annually in London. |
| National Restaurant Association | One of the largest wholesale and retail trade shows is held annually by the _______ in Chicago. |
| Conference centers | Relies on the meetings market segment for most of its business. |
| Ministry of Tourism | Branch of government that sells their destination to meeting planners. |
