HOSP111 Conference and Meeting Planning
Department of Business, Innovation, and Legal Studies: Hospitality and Tourism Management
- I. Course Number and Title
- HOSP111 Conference and Meeting Planning
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- None
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course is designed to develop skills necessary to plan and organize traditional and technological conferences, meetings, conventions, trade shows and expositions. The student will learn to systemize and assemble reservations for lodging, air and ground transportation, food and beverages, site selection, room design, and conference and meeting materials.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- acquire skills to plan and organize traditional and technological meetings;
- develop skills to selecting appropriate sites for a client's meeting or conference;
- understand the collateral materials necessary for a successful meeting;
- acquire competency to manage the reservations and registration of meeting and conferences; and
- achieve a competency in using the technological tools necessary for successful meetings and conferences.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Purposes and Types of Meetings, Conferences, Conventions, Trade Shows, and Expositions
- Planning the Meeting/Conference Program
- Selecting the Appropriate Site
- Marketing the Meeting/Conference
- Meeting/Conference Materials
- Reservations, Registrations, and Participants Services
- Food and Beverage Services
- Transportation Services and Free Time Activities
- Evaluations and Follow-up
- Legal Issues
- Meeting Technology
- Careers and Resource Information
- Convention sand Visitors Bureaus
- Exhibitors and Attendees
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
The learning materials used by students will be selected in accordance with the learning objectives. See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 11/03; New Core 8/2015