Cities and States
Though it has no official definition, this phrase is often used to describe very large cities with international airports and large convention centers.
What is FIRST TIER CITY?
This 3-letter acronym is often used instead of CVB, because it represents any type of organization like a CVB.
What is DMO?
DOUBLE: What does DMO stand for?
This meeting space type is often smaller and adjacent to the larger general session meeting space.
What are BREAKOUTS?
Due to its success as a luxury hotel brand, Ritz-Carlton was purchased by this hotel company in 1998.
What is MARRIOTT?
DOUBLE: Name another Marriott brand (other than "Marriott").
This is the maximum number of times that SDR will attempt to call a specific record, unless we can justify a good reason to call more than that many times.
What is four.
This city is the northern-most major city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
What is Seattle?
This acronym represents a type of group is characterized by being non-business-related and budget-conscious, because attendees usually pay for their own stays for these social gatherings.
What is SMERF?
DOUBLE: What does SMERF stand for?
This type of meeting is a trip typically given as a reward for sales representatives, dealers, distributors, etc. who reach sales targets.
What is an INCENTIVE (trip/meeting)?
InterContinental makes up the first letter, and is the primary namesake of this 3-letter hotel brand.
What is IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)?
DOUBLE: Name another IHG brand.
"The number you have dialed is not in service," is an example of what result?
What is INVALID NUMBER?
The term "Metroplex" is used do describe the combination of these two cities and their surrounding suburbs in Texas.
What are DALLAS and FORT WORTH?
DOUBLE: Name one of the suburbs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
A group meeting contract will often require that the organization guarantee spending a minimum amount money on this service.
What is F&B (food & beverage)?
This website has become very popular in recent years for the ease in which meeting planners can distribute their RFPs to many hotels & destinations.
What is Cvent?
DOUBLE: What does RFP stand for?
As with many hotel chains, this hotel brand branches out into a plethora of sub-brands, including uniquely-named hotels grouped into collections such as Curio and Tapestry.
What is HILTON?
DOUBLE: Name another Hilton brand.
Only after identifying the name of the person who is in charge of planning off-site meetings, may you use this 2-letter acronym to refer to that person.
What is CC?
DOUBLE: In this context, what does CC stand for?
This city can be recognized by the names of its east/west streets, many of which are comprised of just a single letter.
What is WASHINGTON, DC?
This 3-letter acronym represents a type of professional services company gets paid by a meeting planner to leverage its expertise in a destination and arrange activities, tours, transportation, and logistics.
What is a DMC?
DOUBLE: What does DMC stand for?
Often confused with rooms peak, this term describes the total of all the sleeping rooms required across all of the nights of a meeting.
What is TOTAL ROOM NIGHTS?
Offering many select-service and limited-service hotels, this major hotel company owns various brands like Comfort, Quality Inn, and Econo Lodge.
What is CHOICE HOTELS?
DOUBLE: Describe the difference between a FULL-SERVICE hotel and a LIMITED/SELECT-SERVICE hotel.
Though not quite a lead, this result identifies a meeting planner who showed just as much interest in the destination/hotel and is open to a phone-call follow-up.
What is a VIR?
The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL is the second-largest convention center in the United States, with seven million square feet of total meeting space. This city's convention center is the largest, with over nine million square feet of meeting space.
What is CHICAGO?
DOUBLE: What is the name of the convention center in Chicago?
This acronym is the largest trade show in the meeting planning and destination marketing industry, which takes place in Las Vegas in November each year.
What is IMEX?
Double: What does IMEX stand for?
An organization will be charged a fee for this, when the number of hotel rooms actually booked is significantly fewer than the number of hotel rooms originally blocked.
What is ATTRITION?
This hotel chain is now the largest in the United States, representing a total of 6091 locations throughout the country, after acquiring the La Quinta brand in 2018.
What is WYNDHAM?
DOUBLE: Name another Wyndham brand.
When finalizing a record (good or bad), be sure to also utilize this page in the script, so that SDR can use the information you learned to ensure that the meeting planner appears on the appropriate projects in the future.
What is the PLANNER PROFILE?