Conferencing and Banqueting Management | Assignment Sample

CONFERENCING AND BANQUETING
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Size and scope of the conference and banqueting industry in UK...................................4
1.2 Analyzing the factors which influenced the development of conference and banqueting
industry in UK........................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Assessing the key strategic and operational issues for “Service on A Plate”..................6
2.2 Performance and quality review techniques used by “Service on A Plate”.....................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
3.1 Evaluating the suitability of a range of food production systems and styles and food and
beverage service for the Event...............................................................................................8
3.2 Factors to be considered in organizing an off-site conference or banquet.......................9
3.3 Analyzing the key menu planning considerations for conference and banqueting events10
4.1 Ergonomic considerations for a given conference or banquet.......................................13
CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

Illustration Index
Illustration 1: Table System.............................................................................................................9
Illustration 2: Food Items...............................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Event management is defined as the involvement of group of people to attend various
events, such as meetings, weddings parties, seminars, etc. For these events' management,
conferencing and banqueting plays an important role. This industry is one of the fastest growing
industries in United Kingdom as conferencing has a direct link with the tourism and UK is a
good tourism destination for people.
This report will study the conferencing and banqueting management of the catering
company known as “Service on A Plate” which is a UK based company and operates different
events and parties. It will also discuss topics like size and scope of the conference and
banqueting sector in the UK and what are the factors which affects its development in this
industry. It will also discuss the various measure which can be helpful to increase the
effectiveness of the management of company. It also focuses on the different types of food
production system and food beverages system.
TASK 1
1.1 Size and scope of the conference and banqueting industry in UK
Hospitality is the most diverse and specialized industry in the world and conferencing
and banqueting management plays an important role in this industry in the United Kingdom.
These events help to generate a good revenue and profit from the events which is being
organized. UK is the third largest revenue generating country in this sector. Conferencing and
banqueting are two different processes in this industry.
 Conference : It consists of professional events, meetings, programs that are organized by
the corporate or the companies. These generally involves business or business activities
and official training. They require more equipment and technology as in conferences
there are meeting which needs things like, computers, projectors, etc.
 Banquets : They are personal or individual event, or a family gathering which includes
birthday or wedding parties, etc. In these events, there are music, food and beverages.
These are organized to have fun (Challinor, A., and et-al. 2014).
 Size and Scope of Conferencing and Banqueting Industry : There is a huge scope of
this industry in United Kingdom as there is a great demand of tourism in the country
which helps to promote this industry. There are almost 45,000 hotels operating in UK in
which maximum of them is providing conferencing and banqueting facilities to their