Careers in Meeting and Events Management, Hospitality Marketing : Increasingly Important Business Function Planning Everything From Sales Meetings to Major Conventions

Title from ebook title screen (viewed Sept. 28, 2005). MEETING AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT......Page 2 HISTORY OF MEETING AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT......Page 4 WHERE MEETING AND EVENTS PLANNERS WORK......Page 6 Convention Services Managers for Hotels......Page 8 Corporate Meeting Planners......Page 9 Special Events Planners......Page 11 This Weekend, I Will Be Hanging Out With Drew Carey and His Entourage, as They’re Performing Here......Page 13 In Simplest Terms, I’m a Project Manager......Page 15 I Plan Special Events for Companies and My Goal is Always to Be Sure the Attendees Have Fun......Page 17 WHAT’S IT TAKE TO SUCCEED?......Page 19 ATTRACTIVE FEATURES......Page 20 UNATTRACTIVE FEATURES......Page 21 How to Find the Right College......Page 23 Professional Certification......Page 24 EARNINGS......Page 25 OPPORTUNITIES......Page 26 GETTING STARTED......Page 28 PERIODICALS......Page 29