BUSINESS TRAVEL EVENT MANAGEMENT why do people travel

BUSINESS TRAVEL EVENT MANAGEMENT

• why do people travel on business/go on a business trip? • in what ways are business travellers different from tourists?

• in what ways are corporate travellers different from tourists?

what is incentive travel? • it’s also part of MICE

corporate team-building events • what king of activities should be organized? • paintballing • bungee-jumping • white-water rafting

use past simple or past perfect • Last night our boss … (organize) a staff party at a nice bar near our office. Earlier last week, she … (talk) to the bar manager. He … (say) we could come any time because the bar … (be) quiet all week. So my boss … (book) it and … (tell) all the staff the company would pay for the party as we … (sign) a big contract the previous week. On the day of the party, we … (leave) the office earlier than usual. We … (arrive) at the bar, but it … (close) down and they … (not inform) our boss and we had nowhere to go.

use past simple or past perfect • Last week our boss organized a staff party at a nice bar near our office. Earlier that week, she had talked to the bar manager. He said we could come any time because the bar had been quiet all week. So my boss booked it and told all the staff that the company would pay for the party as we had signed a big contract the previous week. On the day of the party, we left the office earlier than usual. We arrived at the bar, but it had closed dowm and they had not informed our boss so we had nowhere to go.

what does the job of an event manager/coordinator involve? • they also coordinate MICE

stakeholders • individual, group or organization interested in the outcome of a project

to liaise – link, communicate

forward planning

odd one out • • stage / put on / organize / liaise / set up cancel / abandon / cut / call off / put off postpone / delay / put off / call off / reschedule celebrate / mark / commemorate / observe / set up liaise / communicate / mediate / attend / coordinate charge / sponsor / fund / subsidize / pay for attend / miss / come to / be present / show up deal with / manage / anticipate / see to / sort out

odd one out • • stage / put on / organize / liaise / set up cancel / abandon / cut / call off / put off postpone / delay / put off / call off / reschedule celebrate / mark / commemorate / observe / set up liaise / communicate / mediate / attend / coordinate charge / sponsor / fund / subsidize / pay for attend / miss / come to / be present / show up deal with / manage / anticipate / handle / sort out

choose the right word(s) We expect around 500 people to attend / stage the conference next May. They had to put out / put off the concert due to bad weather. Event management companies can cater for / offer any special occasion. Our office will practise / liaise with the suppliers to ensure all deliveries are on time. • The exhibition holds / showcases the masterpieces of that period. • This agreement sets terms and conditions / applications under which goods are provided. • The court pronounced their contract prior / null and void. • •

choose the right word(s) We expect around 500 people to attend the conference next May. They had to put off the concert due to bad weather. Event management companies can cater for any special occasion. Our office will liaise with the suppliers to ensure all deliveries are on time. • The exhibition showcases the masterpieces of that period. • This agreement sets terms and conditions under which goods are provided. • The court pronounced their contract null and void. • •