[Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

[Lester Caine]

OpenStreetmap HADW wrote:
>> >Banqueting hall seems rather specific.
>> >These types of places may be used for a wide variety of events, so may be
>> >known by different names. eg might be used for conferences, exhibition, live
>> >music etc.
>> >
>> >I think a more generic tag for an "event hall" would be useful.
>
> That's probably better than banqueting hall.  On the other hand, it
> needs to be distinguished from the concept "exposition centre" which
> is listed as something that a conference centre is not.
>
> Conference centre was suggested off list, but I think that is
> different:  much more strongly B2B, large groups talking together,
> rather than lots of small conversations, little connotation of food
> and even less of music and dance.

This is where there needs perhaps to be a better concept of two level tags? The 
building has a hall or halls. And that encompasses village halls through to the 
likes of the NEC. What the halls are used for is almost secondary, and perhaps a 
check list of functions? If a hall is licensed to carry out weddings then that 
is an additional flag rather than trying to find a single name for these type of 
building? But this is where the secondary data should perhaps also be a separate 
database? With everybody trying to get in on the specialist market band wagon, 
'Banqueting hall' is another use that could be applied anywhere, but I can see 
that being a specialist type of restaurant rather than a 'hall' since 
essentially it's a place to eat with some form of themed entertainment?

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