Accommodations sec

• Gaming Industry


  • Has grown rapidly
• Governments


  • Have permitted gaming entertainment agencies to open
  • Casino operations create more direct jobs and pay a high percentage of gaming taxes
• Games that exist on the casino floor


  • Table Games
  • Card Games
  • Slot Machines/Video Games
  • Keno and Bridge
  • Race and Sports Book
• Table Games


  Involves wagering and betting between the casino and the customer
• Card Games


  Offers games in which players can gamble against each other
• Slot Machines/Video Games


  Feature simulated or actual spinning reels that are activated by the pull of a handle or a push of the button
• Keno and Bridge


  Both are based on a random number selection
• Race and Sports Book


  Race book features wagering on horse track betting while sports book feature professional and collegiate betting
• Reasons why people visit casino

  • The Lure of Gambling
  • Recreation/Entertainment
  • Socialization
  • Curiosity
• Controversial elements of gambling industry

  • Organized Crime and Casinos
  • Gambling Addiction
• Events


  Occurrence or something that happens
• Events


  • Spatial - temporal phenomena, and each is unique because of the interaction among the setting, people and management system
• Meetings


  General term indicating the number of people in one place to discuss a set of agenda or do a particular activity
• Incentive


  A tool used to encourage employees to increase sales or provide solutions
• Convention


  National or international meeting held to commemorate an event or a milestone for the host organization
• Conference


  When any group gets together to exchange views and consequently to convey a message
• Exhibition


  The static display of products or promotional materials mounted for the purpose of public relations, sales and/or marketing
• Consumer Show


  Showcase of products that are offered to the public
• MICE events


  • Attract guests regardless of the season
  • Attendants spend more compared to regular or ordinary tourists, hence providing higher revenue for the same length of stay
• Multiplier Effect


  Direct economic impact, which is equivalent to the new money that visitors or outsiders bring that is circulated through spending in the economy
• PCO


  Professional Congress/Events Organizers
• Outsourced Event Managers


  Organize events on a per contract basis on behalf of their clients, for a fee
• In-house Event Managers


  Positions/Departments within an organization that are not into the business of event management
• Community


  Represents both the target market and the people living in the MICE destination
• Target Market


  Includes exhibitors, visitors, sponsors, and other attendees