General Sessions topics covered:

- Destination marketing 

- Destination evaluation 

- Market analysis

- Demand forecasting

- Strategic business planning for small sized venues

- Developing sales strategies

- Negotiation Strategies

- New products development (wine tourism, geotourism, destination weddings etc)

- Marketing strategies and plans to attract different types of events (sporting events, cultural events, corporate events, association meetings, governmental meetings, etc)

- Meeting industry trends   

- Factors influencing the growth and development of meetings demand 

- Venue marketing   

- Communication with clients

- Crisis management 

- Corporate Social Responsibility

- Communicating through a crisis

Education Sessions (Saturday, 11 February 2005) topics covered:

- Internet marketing

- Web site design - search engine optimization

- Event bidding 

- Media and public relation strategies 

- Communicating through a crisis

- Strategic Pricing

Special Session topic covered:

- Gastronomy as a tool for destination marketing