Festivals are dynamic, influential, and powerful – a phenomenon that has the ability to create greater understanding of one’s surroundings and ubsequently social change. They exist as a space for cultural exposure that may result in what Garcia (2021, para. 10) calls “meaningful” and “life-defining shared memories”. They offer meaning to varying audiences through acts of, for exa…
The fifth edition of Successful Event Management covers every aspect of events management, from the planning and set up process through to delivery, close-down and evaluation. The wealth of case studies includes both successful and failed events, allowing you to really understand how the principles described in the text can affect the outcome of an event.
From the Olympic Games to community-level competitions, sports events can be complex and pose a particular set of managerial challenges. The Routledge Handbook of Sports Event Management surveys the management of sports events around the world of every size and scale, from small to mega-events, including one-off and recurring events, and single-sport and multi-sport events.
Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate glorious heritage, culture and traditions. They are meant to rejoice special moments and emotions in our lives with our loved ones. They play an important role to add structure to our social lives, and connect us with our families and backgrounds. Celebrating events and festivals in our school has become an integral part of learning and building a st…
vents Feasibility and Development: From Strategy to Operations 2nd Edition utlines the best practice in event development and the global events sector. Tools and techniques from the first edition have been refined and expanded through their use in over 20 countries, including the USA, France, UAE, Malaysia and South Africa. These include strategy development and implementation, asset management…
Focusing on the role of event manager and their diverse facilitation responsibilities through each phase of the event planning process, the book is designed to encourage critical thinking, to help the reader to become an adaptable and capable manager ready to cope with the constantly evolving challenges of the contemporary events landscape. The book begins with an updated chapter on the types o…
This fifth edition of Event Studies brings substantial revisions and a re-organisation. Some material has been reduced or removed, and a considerable amount of new material added. One new theme is quite evident, that being crisis management, recovery, and resilience – topics of global importance as a result of the pandemic and other contemporary crises that impact event studies. This book sta…
In this new edition, we have again been able to call on the resources of our global events industry professional and academic networks; from India, Australia, New Zealand and Macau to the Faroe Islands, Norway, Switzerland, the Caribbean and the USA, as well as the UK, with over 30 new case studies. We want our readers to be able to use the book as a ‘how to’ guide, to make things easier fo…
In hospitality, technological evolution has been especially evident, since the introduction of the first equipment, in the nineteenth century, to the use of Artificial Intelligence today. In this context, the concept of Digital Transformation arises, referring to the process of using technology to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of the organization, whether in terms of management pr…