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a gathering of people for a common purpose
meeting
The meetings business is a significant source of hospitality ________ and contributes a high margin of profit.
revenues
a group of delegates or members who assemble to accomplish a specific goal.
convention
The founder of Marriott International,
J. Willard “Bill” Marriott
provide regular nursing care and some social services, primarily to mentally challenged individuals of any age, in a residential environment.
Residential-care centers
_____________ ________ plan, organize, and execute events.
Meeting planners
a not-for-profit umbrella organization that represents a city or urban area in soliciting and serving all types of travelers to that city or area—whether they visit for business, plea- sure, or both.
Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Long-term health care is a specialized segment of the hospitality industry. It offers career opportunities such as _______________, ________ ____________, and __________________
manager, food preparer, and housekeeper.
The most important organizations meeting planners work with are _______________________, ______________ and _______________
convention and visitors bureaus, travel agencies, and exhibitors.
the two distinguishing factors that make meetings, conventions, and expositions a separate segment of the hospitality industry.
size and function
offers a much-needed bridge between retirement communities and full- service nursing homes for those individuals who do not yet require round-the-clock skilled nursing care, but who cannot maintain wholly independent lives
assisted- living housing
offer intensive, round-the-clock nursing care under a physician’s direction and may include the services of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, aides, and orderlies.
Extended care centers
offer assistance to persons incapable of living independently. They provide only basic nursing care combined with social and lodging services.
intermediate-care centers
a large exhibition or special event in which the presentation is the main attraction as well as a source of revenue for exhibitors.
exposition
-to encourage groups to hold meetings, conventions, and expositions in the city or area the CVB represents
-to assist groups with meeting preparations and offer services during the course of the convention, exposition, or meeting
-to encourage tourists to visit and enjoy the historical, cultural, and recreational opportunities that the city has to offer
The three primary purposes of a CVB