Introduction
In this webquest students will learn about conference tourism, activities it involves, facilities and services a hotel needs to organize a conference and the impact this type of tourism has in prolonging tourist season.
Task
Students work in groups of 4 and search for information about:
- GROUP 1: general conference information
- GROUP 2: conference hotel facilities and equipment
- GROUP 3: conference tourism in Croatia
Process
group 1 - students answer questions
1) What is MICE?
2) Name and explain different types of business conventions (e.g. summit, symposium, seminar, workshop...).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_(meeting)
group 2 - students answer questions
1) What are conference and resort hotels?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_and_resort_hotels
2) What are primary demands a hotel has to meet when becoming a conference venue?
https://www.meetings.org/venue1.htm
3) What meeting room equipment should be provided by the hotel?
https://www.meetings.org/venue3.htm
group 3 - students answer questions
1) What are the most attractive segments for MICE tourism in Croatia?
2) Which famous companies held their conferences in Croatia recently?
https://www.businessdestinations.com/work/conferencing/how-croatia-has-become-a-thriving-mice-venue/
3) Which cities are leaders of MICE tourism in Croatia?
https://croatia.hr/en-GB/experiences/Meetings-and-events
PROCESS (step 2):
After the groups have finished gathering necessary information, they will proceed to the next step.
group 1 – the group will create an interactive poster using a google tool called Glogster, where they will present general information about conference tourism and MICE.
They will learn to do this by visiting the next link:
http://edu.glogster.com/?ref=com
group 2 – the group will create an interactive poster using a google tool called Glogster, where they will present conference hotel facilities and equipment.
group 3 – the group will create an interactive poster using a google tool called Glogster, where they will present conference tourism in Croatia.
Evaluation
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Completed Conference tourism basic information
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Interactive Glogster posters |
No Glogster poster | Poster is lacking key components. | Poster contains all key components but not all directions were followed. | Poster contains all key components and all directions were followed. |