Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine emerging trends in event and
festival research and also in the themes and topics being studied in this area …

Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned
events. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events …

Nation Branding: Concepts, Issues, Practice was the ground-breaking first textbook to
provide an overview of this recently established but fast-growing practice, in which the …

The scope of public policy for planned events is delimited, giving specific attention to
attainment of a sustainable and responsible events sector. Justifications for public‐sector …

Creativity and culture now occupy prominent places on the urban policy and re-profiling
agendas of cities in developed and developing nations around the world. In Europe, North …

As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive
'events' policy field of study and a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with …

Tourism: The Key Concepts offers a comprehensive collection of the most frequently used
and studied concepts in the subject of tourism. Within the text key terms, concepts …

As in several western societies (Allen, O'Toole, McDonnell & Harris, 2002; Getz, 2007),
festivals play an important role in the cultural life of today's Norway. About 85% of the 431 …

This chapter provides an overview of the events industry in an employment context. It details
the growth of the global events industry and considers classifications of events in terms of …

Events form a key element of any destination's tourism product. There is a growing
recognition of this sector's value and economic role, resulting in it becoming an industry in its …