10 KEY PLAYERS IN THE MICE INDUSTRY

Question 1

CVB

Answer 1

Convention and Visitors
Bureau

Question 2

assist meeting and event planners by providing good deals on quality.

The primary funding source: the hotel/motel tax that a hotel guest pays on lodging in the community of the convention and visitor bureau.

Answer 2

The Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)

Question 3

PCVC

Answer 3

Philippine Convention and Visitors Cooperation

Question 4

principal responsibility is to advertise the Philippines as a convention, incentive, and tourist destination.

Answer 4

The PCVC (Philippine Convention and Visitors
Cooperation)

Question 5

In 2010, the Philippine Convention and Visitors
Corporation (PCVC) was reorganized as the
______________

Answer 5

Philippine Tourism Promotions Board (TPB)

Question 6

In 2010, the Philippine Convention and Visitors
Corporation (PCVC) was reorganized as the
______________

Answer 6

Philippine Tourism Promotions Board (TPB)

Question 7

PCMA

Answer 7

Professional Convention
Management Association

Question 8

is a professional organization, representing the management ofbusiness events, conferences, and conventions.

Answer 8

Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)

Question 9

UNWTO

Answer 9

The World Tourism Organization

Question 10

responsible for the promotion of responsible,
sustainable, and universally accessible tourism. It is the most important inter-governmental organization to hold worldwide responsibilities encompassing all tourism activities.

Answer 10

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Question 11

GBTA

Answer 11

Global Business Travel Association

Question 12

i’s the world’s premier business travel and meetings trade organization headquartered in the Washington.

Answer 12

Global Travel Business Association (GTBA)

Question 13

IHRA

Answer 13

International Hotel and Restaurant Association

Question 14

the only international trade association exclusively devoted to promoting and defending the interests of the hotel and restaurant industry worldwide. It is a non-profit organization and is officially recognized by the United Nations.

Answer 14

International Hotel and Restaurant Association

Question 15

a professional organization representing destination organizations and
convention and visitor bureaus worldwide. ______________ is the world’s largest resource for official destination organizations, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) and tourism boards.

Answer 15

Destinations International

Question 16

WTTC

Answer 16

World Travel & Tourism Council

Question 17

is an organization that has developed enormously since its inception, yet it still holds the same core
values and purpose.

Answer 17

World Travel & Tourism Council

Question 18

PTAA

Answer 18

Philippine Travel Agencies Association

Question 19

PTAA

Answer 19

Philippine Travel Agencies Association

Question 20

HRAP

Answer 20

Hotel and Restaurant Association
of the Philippines

Question 21

PACEOS

Answer 21

Philippine Association of Convention and
Exhibitions and Suppliers Inc.

Question 22

A group of leading professionals conference, exhibition, and event organizers, and their business partners, including chamber of commerce government agencies venue owners, designer and stand contractors, freight forwarders, hotels, and airlines.

Answer 22

Philippine Association of Conventions and Exhibitions organizations and Suppliers Inc. (PACEOS)