Acronyms
Lodging
Meetings
Destinations
True or False
100
PCMA
What is the Professional Convention Management Association
100
This Las Vegas strip hotel's lake has 1,200-nozzle dancing fountains which hold an astounding 22 million gallons of water.
What is the Bellagio
100
An exposition or an an event at which goods and services in a specific industry are exhibited and demonstrated - primarily a business-to-business event, although some are open to consumers
What is a trade show
100
Home of the NIU conference center, Money Magazine has ranked this city in the top 5 best places to live in America
What is Naperville
100
The largest number of meeting and event planners in the US live in Rhode Island.
False. Top 5: California, NY, Texas Florida, Virginia.
200
CVB
What is a Convention & Visitors Bureau
200
The Waldorf Astoria was the first hotel in the world to offer room service, and they are still serving guests in this city that never sleeps.
What is New York City
200
A large meeting or conference, especially of a particular profession or members of a political party
What is a Convention
200
This popular gambling spot has by far the most hotel rooms in the US with 152,275 rooms in 355 hotels.
What is Las Vegas
200
The projected job growth in Meeting and Event planning between 2014 and 2020 is 44%.
True
300
DMC
What is a Destination Management Company
300
Dating to back to 1873, this iconic Chicago landmark is America's oldest continually operating hotel.
What is the Palmer House
300
A meeitng that occurs once a year.
What is Annual
300
This popular US desert location has the most hotels with 597.
What is Phoenix.
300
The 3rd largest industry for meeting and event planners is colleges, universities and professional schools.
True
400
CMP
What is a Certified Meeting Planner
400
This country has the most hotel rooms in the world.
What is the US
400
A telephone call in which the calling party wishes to have more than one person listen in to the audio portion of the call.
What is a conference call
400
For $8,000 a night you can stay in the 2500-square-foot Penthouse Suite at The Joule's in this Cowboy city.
What is Dallas.
400
Most meeting and event planners consider on the job training not necessary.
False
500
AV
What is Audio Visual
500
Mostly built during the 1950s and 1960s, these small-sized low-rise lodging establishments were often located adjacent to a major road.
What are Motels.
500
A meeting of people who "confer" about a topic.
What is a Conference.
500
Hartsfield–Jackson airport located in this peach of a city has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998, and by number of landings and take-offs since 2005.
What is Atlanta
500
Meeting and event planners in Washington DC typically have the highest salaries.
True Followed by Massachusetts, NJ, NY and Virginia.
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