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[quote=Anonymous]There are millions of conventions in every major city in the US every year, including Washington, DC.

Most trade association (national milk producers, food and beverage, etc.)  have event planners on staff who plan annual conventions.  Others work for the convention center itself.

These days planning an event involves doing a lot of social media stuff, and if it's a charitable event involves working with donors, corporations, etc.

My daughter is making 50K a year straight out of college in the events planning industry.  Majored in business and marketing and for now she loves the crazy hours, the social aspects.  But she also had multiple great internships in the field covering all aspects:  one with donor relations for a nonprofit;  one with a sports marketing firm doing events and VIP relations; was very active in her university's Events Board, planning events for several thousand people at a large university.

When she applies for jobs after college, a lot of the emphasis will be on knowing how to use specific software and programs, including social media stuff like tweetdeck, etc.

Personally I think hospitality is too narrow a focus for an undergrad major, though we're hoping our DD perhaps does a great grad program in hospitality one day.

also, events is closely linked to fields like PR, and even things like diplomatic protocol offices, military protocol offices.

I actually think events mgmt is a better job to combine with a family and marriage than other careers might be.  You can do it as a contractor, choosing which events to manage, and you can do it literally anywhere in the world.[/quote]

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