THM5207 REVIEWER 2

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EVENT INDUSTRY

1. Event organization 2. Event management 3. Event industry suppliers 4. Venues 5. Industry association 6. External regulatory bodies

TYPES OF EVENTS

1. Sports Entertainment 2. Arts and cultural festivals 3. Commercials 4. Marketing and promotional events 5. Meetings, conventions and exhibitions: MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) 6. Family events 7. Fundraising 8. Miscellaneous events

FACTORS AFFECTING THE GROWTH OF RECREATION

1. Technological developments 2. Demographic changes 3. Increase in disposable income 4. Changing fashions and trends 5. Increase in leisure time 6. Improvement mobility

TYPES OF RECREATION ATTRACTIONS

1. Theme Parks 2. Water Parks 3. Fun Centers 4. Sports Tourism

REASONS FOR VISITING CASINO

1. To gamble 2. To eat and drink. 3. Entertainment. 4. To socialize. 5. Relaxation. 6. Boredom. 7. Recommendations. 8. Curiosity on how to play the games.

TYPES OF ORGANIZED RECREATION

1. Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations 2. Private Membership Organizations 3. Commercial Recreation Enterprises 4. Employee Recreation Programs 5. Armed Forces Recreation 6. Campus Recreation 7. Therapeutic Recreation Services

Although It is obviously a form of government-sponsored activity, it is unique in its setting and purpose. Each of the major branches of the armed forces operate an extensive network of recreation facilities and programs.

Armed Forces Recreation

It was named after an Italian word meaning 'zero.' It went from Italy to France in the fifthteenth century, where it was known as Chemin de Fer.

BACCARAT

A game in which players try to match randomly selected numbers to the numbers on their card. The card consists of a 5 ×5 matrix where each column is represented by the letters B - I - N - G-O. The middle square is typically a free square. The first person to form a specific pattern (usually straight line) calls out "Bingo!". The card gets checked for accuracy and the winner is announced. Then a new round begins.

BINGO

A card game played between the house and the player. The dealer deals out two cards to each player and their self. The dealer has one card face up and one down. The players then take turns trying to get as close to 21 without going over. Aces are equal to 1 or 11. Face cards are 10 and number cards are face value.

BLACK JACK

It is one of the top earning corporations in the Philippines and the second biggest income-generating arm of the Philippine government, next only to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Worldwide, ________ is known as one of the most established and profitable casino operators in Asia.

CASINO FILIPINO

It is played on a rectangular table covered with green felt. The table is marked with all of the possible bets that can be made. A pair of dice is thrown by one of the players designated as a 'shooter.' Other players bet with or against the shooter by putting their chips on sections of the table that are marked pass line, don't pass line, come field, etc.

CRAPS

Includes intramural athletics or sports clubs, social activities, travel programs, performing arts groups, entertainment, lounges, film series and other forms of recreation on college and university campuses

Campus Recreation

These are privately owned businesses which operate make a profit such as ski centers, bowling alleys, nightclubs, movie houses, theaters, health spas or fitness centers, dancing schools and theme parks.

Commercial Recreation Enterprises

e.g., Architecture, Monuments, Museums, Concerts, Theater & Cuisine

Cultural

peculiar

Distinctiveness

Are an important motivator of tourism, and figure prominently in the development and marketing plans of most destinations. Equally, 'event management' is a fast-growing professional field in which tourists constitute a potential market for planned events and the tourism industry has become a vital stakeholder in their success and attractiveness. An event happens when people are gathered in a place for a specific reason. It may be for concerts, conference or festivals. This creates an impact not just on the people but also for the industry of the host community because they are the ones who will benefit. With events, local culture, tradition and customs are celebrated, entertainment and recreation compliment each other and cultural and social advancement is ensured.

EVENTS SECTOR

They serve those who work for companies or employers by providing recreation as a part of a total personnel benefits package, linked to other services concerned with employee health and fitness.

Employee Recreation Programs

e.g., Theme parks, Amusement parks, Casinos, Cinemas, Malls, Performing arts centers & Sports complexes.

Entertainment Attractions

e.g., Mega events, Community events, Festivals, Religious events, Sports events, Trade events, Corporate

Event

The growth of a large and complex industry has led to the formation of a wild range of specialist suppliers. These suppliers may work in direct event related areas, such as staging, sound production, lighting, audiovisual, production, entertainment, and catering.

Event industry suppliers

Are professional groups or individuals that organize events on a contract basis on behalf of their clients.

Event management

Are often staged or hosted by events organizations, which may be event - specific bodies.

Event organization

As noted, contemporary events take place in an increasingly and complex environment. A series of government and statutory bodies are responsible for overseeing the conduct and safe staging of events, and these bodies have and integral relationship with the industry.

External regulatory bodies

Are an important expression of human activity that contributes much to our social and cultural life.

Festivals

Is a small amusement park marketed towards families with small children to teenagers, and often entirely indoors or associated with a larger operation such as a theme park. They usually cater to "sub-regional markets of larger metropolitan areas.

Fun Centers

It also refers to the casino gaming business and all its aspects hotel operations, entertainment offerings, retail shopping, recreational activities, and other types of operation in addition to betting on the gaming floor.

GAMING ENTERTAINMENT

Refers to those events that become so identified with the spirit or ethos of a town, city or region that they become synonymous with the name of the place and gain widespread recognition and awareness. It is designed to increase the appeal of a specific tourism destination or region.

HALLMARK EVENTS

e.g., Historical sites & Archeological sites

Historical

The emergence of the industry has also led to the formation professional association providing networking, communications and liaison within the industry, training and accreditation programs, codes of ethical practice, and lobbying on behalf of their members.

Industry association

Is a lottery game. The player gets a card numbered 1 to 80. The player then picks up to 20 numbers and a wager. The card is then registered, and the game begins.

KENO

Or free time is time spent away from business, work, and domestic chores. It is also the periods of time before or after necessary activities such as eating, sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education.

LEISURE

Most community product a host of festivals and events that are targeted mainly at local audiences and staged primarily for their social, fun and entertainment value.

LOCAL OR COMMUNITY EVENTS

Are events that are capable, by their scale and media interest, of attracting significant visitor numbers, media coverage and economic benefits. These events attract significant local interest and large numbers of participants, as well as generating significant tourism revenue.

MAJOR EVENTS

Are those events that are so large that they affect whole economies and reverberate in the global media. these are generally targeted at international markets. The Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Cup Soccer and Superbowl are good examples.

MEGA EVENTS

Most events fall into this last category, and it is here that most event managers gain their experience.

MINOR EVENTS

Forms of information about the attraction, that stimulates decision-making & motivation to visit.

Marker

e.g., landscape, seascape, parks, mountains, flora, fauna, islands.

Natural

KINDS OF ATTRACTIONS

Natural Historical Cultural Events Recreation or Special Interest Entertainment Attractions

Played against the house instead of the other players. The dealer deals out 7 cards to each player and himself in rotation. Everyone then looks at their cards and tries to make the best 5 -card and 2 -card poker hands. The 5 -card hand must rank higher than the 2 -card hand. The hands are then compared against the dealers. If both hands beat the dealer, the player wins. If both lose, the player loses. If both the dealer and the player win on a hand, it is a push.

PAI GOW POKER

A card game base on a 5-card hand. The ranking of hands from lowest to highest are high card, pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush, and royal flush.

POKER

They provide recreational and social activities for their own members and in some cases assist community recreation needs. Examples are golf, tennis, yacht, athletic and country clubs.

Private Membership Organizations

Activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. It is an integral part of our nation's total social, economic, and natural resource environment. It is a basic component of our lives and well-being.

RECREATION

Considered as the simpliest game of them all. A casino game named after the French word meaning little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number, various groupings of numbers, the colors red or black, whether the number is odd or even, or if the numbers are high or low.

ROULETTE

e.g., Golf, Swimming, Tennis, Hiking, Biking, Snow Sports, Sight-seeing, Mountaineering, Spelunking, Bird watching, Whale watching, Scuba diving.

Recreation or Special Interest

Are machines that play a number of different games. They are very popular. In general, the player will insert coins into the machine and either pull a handle or press a button. This causes the wheels to spin.

SLOT MACHINE

by season

Seasonality

The visitor attraction. Any feature of a destination they might visit.

Sight or Nucleus

the purpose and they are spending for the experience and security.

Significance

FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF VISITORS ATTRACTIONS

Significance Distinctiveness Seasonality Strategic Planning Sustainability

A specific travel outside of the usual environment for either passive or active involvement in competitive sport where sport is the prime motivational reason for travel and the touristic or leisure element may act to reinforce the overall experience.

Sports Tourism

The testing or sporting prowess through competition is one of the oldest and most enduring of human activities, with a rich tradition going back to the ancient Greek Olympics and beyond.

Sports events

standards, security, and sustainability

Strategic Planning

availability until the next generation

Sustainability

PAGCOR

THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT & GAMING CORPORATION

A Sure Bet for Progress in Gaming, Entertainment, and Nation Building.

THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT & GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR)

Also known as Amusement Parks. A group of entertainment attractions and rides and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground, usually providing attractions meant to cater specifically to certain age groups, as well as some that are aimed towards all ages.

Theme Parks

Includes any type of program designed to meet the needs of persons with physical or mental disabilities, individuals with poor health, dependent aging persons, social deviant persons in correctional facilities and similar special groups.

Therapeutic Recreation Services

A consumer with certain needs, searching for experience.

Tourist

3 ELEMENTS OF TOURISM ATTRACTION

Tourist Sight or Nucleus Marker

often includes an event management component whether as part of the marketing of the venue or as part of the servicing of event clients.

Venues

These are non-governmental, non-profit agencies, both sectarian and non-sectarian which serve the public at large with multiservice programs that often include a substantial element of recreational opportunity. The most popular voluntary orgs include Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCA, YWCA, and YM-YWHA

Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations

This game is played by placing your bet on one of 6 symbols on the game table. Then the wheel is spun. The wheel is divided into 52 equal sections that are separated by pins around the edge. When the wheel comes to a stop, the pointer will be between two pins. All bets placed on the symbol the wheel stops on, win.

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Features water play areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spray grounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and bare footing environments. In more current states of development may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or body boarding environment such as a wave pool or Flow Rider.

Water Parks