Temporary tourism businesses events, conferences, conventions

1. Temporary Tourism Businesses-
Events, Conferences, Conventions,
Meeting, Symposium, Consortium &
Exhibitions, Fairs and Festivals.

2. Events
Occurrence happening at a determinable time and place,
with or without the participation of human agents. It may
be a part of a chain of occurrences as an effect of a
preceding occurrence and as the cause of a succeeding
occurrence.
Marriages, Sports And Games, House Warming etc. are
examples of events.

3. Conferences
A conference is generally understood as a meeting of
several people to discuss a particular topic. It is often
confused with a convention, colloquia or symposium.
While a conference differs from the others in terms of size
and purpose, the term can be used to cover the general
concept. A convention is larger than a conference; it is a
gathering of delegates representing several groups.

4. At a conference, innovative ideas are thrown about and new information
is exchanged among experts. Its purpose could be one of the following:
 An academic conference is a gathering of scientists or academicians,
where research findings are presented or a workshop is conducted.
 A business conference is held for people working in the same company
or industry. They come together to discuss new trends and
opportunities pertaining to the business
 A trade conference takes place on a larger scale. Besides
businessmen, there are members of the public who come to network
with vendors and made new connections. Such a conference consists
of workshops and white paper presentations.
 An unconference differs from the traditional conference, since it
avoids the high costs, top-down organizational hierarchy and
sponsored presentations. All attendees are equally knowledgeable
about the topic and the discussion follows an open mode; usually
without a single speaker addressing the gathering.

5. Most conferences have one or more keynote speakers who will deliver
the keynote speech. These are common at academic and business
conferences. The speakers chosen are eminent personalities in the
related field and their presence is meant to attract more people to
attend the conference. There are various types of conferences:
 A Symposium is a casual gathering and includes refreshments and
entertainment.
 A Seminar is organized to discuss a particular topic. They are usually
educational in nature and attendees are expected to gain new
knowledge or skills at the end of the seminar
 A Workshop is more of a hands-on experience for the participants with
demonstrations and activities; the amount of time one speaker
addresses the group is limited
 A Round-table conference is a get-together of peers to exchange
thoughts and opinions on a certain topic, usually political or
commercial. There are a limited number of participants who sit at a
round table, so that each one can face all the others.

6. CONVENTIONS
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who
meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some
common interest.
The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and
fandom. Trade conventions typically focus on a particular industry or
industry segment, and feature keynote speakers, vendor displays, and
other information and activities of interest to the event organizers and
attendees.
Professional conventions focus on issues of concern along with
advancements related to the profession. Such conventions are generally
organized by societies or communities dedicated to promotion of the
topic of interest.
Fan conventions usually feature displays, shows, and sales based on pop
culture and guest celebrities.
Science fiction conventions traditionally partake of the nature of both
professional conventions and fan conventions, with the balance varying
from one to another. Conventions also exist for various hobbies, such as
gaming or model railroads.

7. Meetings
 Meeting –Brings people together for the purpose of exchanging information
 It can be an event booked at a hotel, convention center or any
other venue dedicated to such gatherings.
 Meeting covers the following:
1. Lecture (one presentation),
2. Seminar (typically several presentations, small audience,
one day),
3. Conference (mid-size, one or more days),
4. Congress (large, several days),
5. Exhibition or trade show (with manned stands being visited
by passers-by),
6. Workshop (smaller, with active participants), training
course, team-building session and kick-off event.

8. Types Of Meetings
 Clinic- workshop type educational experience in which attendees
learn by doing. (small groups interacting with each other)
 Forum – an assembly for the discussion of common concerns. Usually,
experts in a given field take the opposite sides of an issue in a panel
discussion.
 Seminar – a lecture and a dialogue that allow participants to share
experiences in a particular field. A seminar is guided by an expert
discussion leader, usually 30 or fewer persons participates.
 Symposium - a meeting or conference for the discussion of some
subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or
discuss a topic before an audience.
 A collection of opinions expressed or articles contributed by several
persons on a given subject or topic.
 Workshop – meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of
information among a usually small number of participants.

9. Symposium
A Symposium is a formal gathering in an academic setting
where participants are experts in their fields. These experts
present or deliver their opinions or viewpoints on a chosen
topic of discussion. It would be correct to label a symposium
as a small scale conference as the number of delegates is
smaller. There are the usual discussions on the chosen topic
after the experts have presented their speeches. The chief
characteristic of a symposium is that it covers a single topic
or subject and all the lectures given by experts are
completed in a single day.

10. Consortium
A consortium is an association of two or more
individuals, companies, organizations or
governments (or any combination of these entities)
with the objective of participating in a common
activity or pooling their resources for achieving a
common goal.

11. Examples Of Consortium
 Educational
The Big Ten Academic Alliance and Five Colleges, Inc., along with
the Claremont Consortium are among the oldest and most
successful higher education consortia in the United States.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance, formerly known as the Committee
on Institutional Cooperation, includes the members of the Big Ten
athletic conference.
The participants in Five Colleges, Inc. are: Amherst College,
Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
This consortia have pooled the resources of their member colleges
and the universities to share human and material assets as well as
to link academic and administrative resources.

12.  Commercial
An example of a for-profit consortium is a group of banks that collaborate to
make a loan—also known as a syndicate. This type of loan is more commonly
known as a syndicated loan. In England it is common for a consortium to buy out
financially struggling football clubs in order to keep them out of liquidation.
 Aerospace
Airbus Industries was formed in 1970 as a consortium of aerospace
manufacturers. The retention of production and engineering assets by the
partner companies in effect made Airbus Industries a sales and marketing
company.
 Coopetition
Coopetition is a word coined from cooperation and competition. It is used when
companies otherwise competitors collaborate in a consortium to cooperate on
areas non-strategic for their core businesses. They prefer to reduce their costs on
these non-strategic areas and compete on other areas where they can
differentiate better.

13. Exhibitions
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized
presentation and display of a selection of items.
In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or
educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park,
library, exhibition hall, or World's fairs.
Exhibitions can include many things such as art in both major
museums and smaller galleries, interpretive exhibitions,
natural history museums and history museums, and also
varieties such as more commercially focused exhibitions and
trade fairs.

14. Fairs And Festivals
 Fairs
A fair is a gathering of vendors or tradespeople for entertainment,
commerce and other purposes. There are job fairs (hardly a festival),
book fairs, farm shows (also called fairs) where people show their prized
livestock or farm products for the entertainment (and often sales for
charity) of both fellow farmers and non-farmers alike, county fairs
(mostly just summer entertainment), etc.
 Festivals
A festival is a gathering of people to celebrate something, historically
religious holidays (feast days), but now also secular ones, e.g. Diwali, the
festival of lights, Holi, the festival of colors etc. La Tomatina is a famous
Spanish festival.