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Monday, September 26, 2011

Glossary for Hospitality

Room Blocks - Several rooms held for a group. 

Sales Mission - Where suppliers from one DMO travel together to another state of country for the purpose of collectively promoting travel to their area. Sales missions may include educational seminars for travel agents and tour operators. 

Sales Seminar - An educational session in which travel agents, tour operators, tour wholesales or other members of the travel trade congregate to receive briefings about tourism destinations.  

Shells - A marketing and sales promotional piece that depicts a destination,accommodation or attraction on the cover and provides space for copy to be added at a later date. Usually shells fit a #10 envelope. 

Site Inspection - An assessment tour of a destination or facility by a meeting planner, convention or trade show manager, site selection committee, tour operator, wholesaler or incentive travel manager to see if it meets their needs and requirements prior to selecting a specific site for an event. After site selection, a site inspection may be utilized to make arrangements.