E-Tourism Topic: Technology for the Meetings and Events Industry Overview: Introduction Audio and Visual equipment Desktop and online tools Communication devices The future

1. E-Tourism
Technology for the Meetings and
Events Industry

2. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• Audio and Visual equipment
• Desktop and online tools
• Communication devices
• The future

3. Introduction
• It wasn’t all that long ago when meetings and
events were planned and executed on paper, or
without the aid of technology.
– Now, it is important for a meeting/event
planner to be comfortable using various
technological advances to maximize a
meeting or event’s return on investment
(ROI).

4. Audio and Visual equipment
• Meetings are typically held to communicate a
message and/or to increase learning.
• Every meeting or event requires its attendees to
see and hear the presentation.
– Audio
– Visual
– Virtual Meetings

5. Desktop and online tools
• The planning process of meetings/events has
certainly become more efficient with the
increased use of technology.
• Computers, both desktop applications and
online tools, help to organize and analyze the
vast amount of information needed to make the
best decisions for a meeting/event.

6. Desktop and online tools
• High-Speed Internet Access
• Desktop Applications
• Portals and Online Searching
• Social Networking

7. Communication devices
• Meeting/event managers use a wide variety of
technology to communicate prior to a
meeting/event, or on-site.
– VoIP
– RFID
– Audience Response Systems
– PDA
– Bluetooth

8. The future
• Corbin Ball, of Corbin Ball Associates, discusses
some of the upcoming trends in meeting
technology on his Web site.
• Many future innovations in meetings/events
technology will center on Web 2.0 (the
participatory Web).

9. The future
• In the future, meeting/event managers can use
Wikis (interactive, collaborative Web pages) to
track event management details.
– Wikis provide a common document usable by remote
planning teams

10. E-Tourism
Technology for the Meetings and
Events Industry