HOSP308 - Meeting and Convention Planning

Course Code: HOSP308 Course ID: 4118 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate

A thorough explanation of the lucrative meeting and convention industry and its function in the travel and tourism sector. An overview of the meeting, exposition, and convention businesses, that covers the history of these businesses and the economic value they represent to a destination. Course will include a broad brush of the organizations that support this segment, such as convention bureaus, destination management companies and meeting planners.