Brittney Culpepper
January 17, 2016
Assignment 1
HSM222_40¬_SP16
1. The meeting and event industry is expansive, consolidating an extensive variety of business divisions.
2. Business divisions include, yet not restricted to travel and hospitality, cooperate meeting planning, and event locations.
3. The Super Bowl, Olympics, State and County Fairs, and Family Reunions are all some examples of the different sorts of meetings and events that takes place in the U.S.
4. Meetings and events contribute more to the GDP than the air transportation, film, sound recording, performing expressions and the observer sport industries.
5. The meeting and event industry utilizes 1.8 million occupations in the U.S., which is more prominent than the quantity
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Per the U.S. Agency of Labor Statistics, the meeting, tradition, and event organizer calling is anticipated to grow to 33 percent from 2012-2022, which is much quicker than the normal development rate of all occupations (11 percent).
7. Large occasions, for example, the Olympics and Super Bowl can animate framework advancement in urban areas, prompting expanded property estimations also, enhancements for nearby streets and highways.
8. The meeting and occasion industry is viewed as an early adopter of natural stewardship.
9. On collegeprowler.com it displays that there are 628 colleges in the U.S. that have degree programs for hospitality or tourism.
10. Gatherings and occasions make esteem for people, organizations, and the urban communities that host them.
11. When all is said and done, gatherings and occasions foster systems administration, connections, and relationships.
12. Face to face gatherings are a compelling approach to secure deals in business.
13. Urban communities pick up included brand introduction when associations have huge gatherings.
14. Direct business contributed is more than the legitimate administrations and truck transportation commercial enterprises.
15. $103 billion was accounted for all business travel spending in the U.S. in 2012 from travel for meetings, events, and incentive