Author: Convention Industry Council, 2005
The APEX Industry Glossary booklet has over 4,000 words defined. This is the most comprehensive reference for the terminology, jargon acronyms used throught the industry.

One of MPI's Top 10 Best Sellers. Quickly and accurately match your room size with the number of persons you can accommodate in one of seven seating arrangements or with the number of 8 feet x 10 feet exhibit booths. (Both standard and metric measurements displayed.)

In this no-nonsense guide to beating the competition, Calloway, a branding and competitive positioning consultant with clients like BMW and IBM, offers hope to companies confronting a constantly changing and increasingly competitive marketplace. Success, he says, lies in distinguishing yourself from others and forging emotional connections with customers. Before you do anything else, Calloway says, you must answer the question, "Who are you?" unambiguously and with fervor. If your response is vague and uninspiring, Calloway predicts failure, since a lame answer signals lack of vision, focus and commitment, elements he considers essential just to be in the running. An advocate of corporate language that reinforces company identity and motivates employees, Calloway shuns empty slogans and fashionable buzzwords. He snappily makes his point by asking what would have happened if Martin Luther King Jr. had proclaimed, "I Have a Strategic Plan" instead of "I Have a Dream." In no uncertain terms, he asserts companies must pay close attention to each customer and focus marketing on individuals, not abstract demographics. Anyone spacing out while Calloway exhorts innovation and hard work to connect with the customer base in ways that Starbucks, Southwest Airlines and others have will hop to when he has a hypothetical customer ask, "Why should I do business with you?" A company without a compelling answer, Calloway believes, will see the customer go elsewhere. But Calloway emphasizes triumph is possible with disciplined application and provides case studies, interviews and anecdotes illustrating successful approaches for earning customer loyalty and for setting businesses apart in their fields.

This kits contains all the study materials you will need to study for the CMP Exam:

Convention Industry Council 8th Edition Manual
The Convention Industry International Manual
The Professional Meeting Management Manual 5th Edition
APEX Glossary 

Author: Executive Events, 2003

This resource offers a toolkit of checklists and other information within a three-ring binder that is designed to allow you to customize the contents by adding important documents right into the notebook. It includes detailed checklists and hints - and offers ideas, additional information and a framework with which to organize your events.

While there are many reasons to incorporate sustainable practices into meetings and events, including saving costs and resources, protecting the environment, improving social issues, doing business more efficiently and effectively and attracting new audiences, the number one reason to go green is to do business better. The book is divided into three parts, which reflect defining principles of greener meetings and events: Innovation, Conservation, and Education. This book broadly explores sustainable management in the hospitality, tourism, conference and exhibition, and meeting and event industries, as well as countless smaller industries that include arts and music festivals and tour operators. Readers who are studying in, working in, or even just interested in these industries will reap innumerable benefits from the exciting journey ahead of them in The Complete Guide to Greener Meetings and Events.

Author: Nancy Norman, 2008
A fantastic reference book as mentioned on Meetings Media with word for word clauses documented and including:

FIFTY-FIVE Addendum Clauses with Successful Negotiating Techniques That Work
A Sample Addendum
A Glossary
Guestroom Attrition Calculator form
Food and Beverage Attrition Calculator form
Sample Financial Information Sheet
Two pages of Negotiable Hotel Concessions
A Hotel Surcharges Form
A Hotel Check List
Two Request for Proposals Forms (Long and Short RFPs)

Author: Mary Power, CAE/Tony Carey, CMM, 2005

It is used to develop questions for future CMP exams and joins the list of recommended study references for candidates preparing for the CMP examination. The International Manual also includes a self-test section at the end of each chapter contributing to individuals,  CMP recertification points.

The CIC Manual is a valuable tool for industry professionals and is widely recognized as the most comprehensive resource available for managing the basic components of a successful meeting. This manual contains detailed information about how to effectively organize, plan, publicize, manage and budget for group events of any size. This step-by-step working guide also features an extensive collection of checklists, forms and an extensive glossary of industry terms.This updated manual contains new chapters on topics including technology, legal and risk management issues. The manual also now includes CMP Exam Study Points, such as terminology, CMP Exam Blueprint Study Modules and related topics.

Author: Milton T. Astroff/ James Abbey, 2006

New edition of a text for students of the hotel-convention business. Coverage includes insight into analyzing hotel property to determine which segments of the market to approach, selling to the people who organize conventions in various types of organizations, handling negotiations and letters of agreement, and dealing with all the vital convention services.