Event management system

1. An event management system which includes computer processors for use in the travel industry comprising:

a memory;

a computer display;

an event creation component, wherein a new event is identified including a name of the event, a sponsor of the event, a location, and a contact person for the event;

a conversion mapping component, wherein passenger data including names of passengers and flight information is mapped from a user format into an application specific format;

a passenger management component, wherein mapped passenger data is deleted and changed and wherein a new passenger is added;

a vehicle management component, wherein vehicle types are selected and a capacity of passengers for a vehicle type is modified;

a group scheduling component, wherein data is processed to assign passengers into computer selected groups and service times, wherein passenger flight information including arrival time and terminal of arrival, the vehicle types and the vehicle capacity for a vehicle type are processed to assign passengers into computer selected groups and service times accounting for time and terminal of arrival and controlling wait time;

a staff management component, wherein staff are allocated to an event including greeters and drivers, wherein the staff's location and time of service are determined using the groups;

a versioning component, wherein a first and a second version of the event including information on the groups is stored in the memory;

an invoicing component, wherein invoices related to the event are generated; and

a data visualization component, wherein information about the event is formatted for viewing on a computer and a signal carrying output data is sent to the computer display.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a flight validation component.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component operates automatically without a user prompt.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component makes a call to one or more computer systems over the internet to obtain flight information including flight schedule arrival time, flight status, any changes in flight arrival time, and arrival airport terminal.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component periodically checks flight status.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component highlights to users passenger flights that have been changed by the flight validation component.

7. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component stores the date and time of the last flight check for a particular passenger manifest.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component further comprises an airport terminal assignment component, wherein passengers are assigned to airport terminals and airport terminal data is verified.

9. The system of claim 2 , wherein the flight validation component allows an end user to obtain flight information without leaving the event management system.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a shuttle component that provides shuttle or hourly transportation services to the event.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a terminal logic component that is capable of display airport map and terminal maps within each airport.

12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a budget and forecasting component that allows creation of a non-real event with various desirable settings, wherein the non-real event information can be used to forecast, budget, estimate and plan events.

13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an event management component, wherein the event management component allows access to stored events and editing of stored events and wherein the event creation component works with the event management component.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle management component comprises a rate entry and rate storage component.

15. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a budget and forecasting component that allows creation of a non-real event with various desirable settings, wherein the non-real event information can be used to forecast, budget, estimate and plan events.