By Jody Long
In the process of planning one of my very first meetings, a hotel event manager emailed me and said to sign the BEO and send it back to her. I knew she meant the attachment in the email, but had no clue what BEO stood for. The top of the form said BEO, but nowhere did it indicate the meaning. I reviewed it, sent it back, and quickly Googled what those three letters stood for in the event world. Since that day, the term BEO, or “Banquet Event Order”, has been added to my vocabulary.