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VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF ÜRGÜP SEBAHAT & EROL TOKÖZ / TA117 - TOURISM ANIMATION

Code: TA117 Course Title: CONGRESS AND SEMINAR ORGANIZATIONS Theoretical+Practice: 2+1 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TOURISM ANIMATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AKİF ALAŞHAN (akifalashan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) MEHMET ÇONTU, ÖZLEM BAŞAR, GÜNAY EROL,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
to explain the charasteristics of congress and meeting tourism and talk about the advices to have the optimal benefit out of it.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 being able to recognize the importance of congress tourism PO-6 Practices easily own theoretical and practical knowledges, got in the university.
PO-7 Practices the grammar of foreign language, got in the university and internship.
PO-21 Follows the innovations of own job and improves own career.
Examination
LO-2 being able to recognised the importance of congress and fair tourism PO-7 Practices the grammar of foreign language, got in the university and internship.
PO-8 With the help of experiences in theoretical and internship period, analyzes and solves the problems faced in this sector.
Examination
LO-3 recognize the importance of congresses as a part of special interest tourism PO-2 Knows legal arrangements in tourism and job’s standards.
PO-6 Practices easily own theoretical and practical knowledges, got in the university.
Examination
LO-4 Can organize the services performed at the meeting events. PO-6 Practices easily own theoretical and practical knowledges, got in the university.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Importance and elements of meeting events. Information on theoretical and organizational processes about meeting events.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Meeting Concepts, Date of Meetings, Structure of the Meeting Sector lecturing
2 The ralation of congress and tourism. Its Importance for Travel Agency and Hotel Businesses. lecturing
3 Reasons for the Development of Congress Tourism lecturing
4 Marketing and Managing Organizations of Congress Centers. Convention and Visitors Bureau in Turkey lecturing
5 General Points Considered by the Organizers in Planning the Congress Organization lecturing
6 General Points Considered by the Organizers in Planning the Congress Organization lecturing
7 general overview and suggesstions lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Pre-Congress Planning Phase (Budgeting, Tourist Area and Venue Selection, Contract and Forms Used in the Congress) lecturing
10 Hotel Selection Process of the Organizers. Personnel Responsible for Meeting in Hotel Businesses lecturing
11 Hotel Tour to Congress Organizers. Negotiation with the Organizer and Signing the Contract lecturing
12 Marketing of Congresses, Main Meeting Markets lecturing
13 Management of Activities Carried Out during the Congress. Services Provided During the Congress lecturing
14 Post-Congress Evaluation Phase and Actions to Be Done. lecturing
15 Fair Organization lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Toplantı Yönetimi (Celil ÇAKICI)
2 Kongre ve Toplantı Yönetimi (İge Pırnar TAVMERGEN, Ebru Günlü AKSAKAL)
3 Kongre Turizmi ve Fuar Organizasyonu (Yusuf AYMANKUY)
4 Örneklerle Kongre ve Fuar Yönetimi (Akın AKSU, Gökhan YILMAZ, Filiz GÜMÜŞ)
5 İnternet kaynajkları
Required Course instruments and materials
the books and the notes

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 10 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 10 20
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 2 10 20
Oral Examination 2 10 20
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 3 9
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 3 9
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 142