Routledge Advances in Event Research Series
Visitor Attractions and Events: Locations and linkages
1st Edition
By Adi Weidenfeld, Richard Butler, Allan M. Williams
December 13, 2021
Both visitor attractions and events play pivotal roles in the appeal of tourism destination regions to visitors by virtue of being the main motivator of tourist trips and determining consumers’ choices. However, more recently visitor attractions have become more multifaceted, have proliferated and ...
Legacies and Mega Events: Fact or Fairy Tales?
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Brittain, Jason Bocarro, Terri Byers, Kamilla Swart
September 30, 2020
The use of sporting and other mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of the raison d'être for hosting such events, especially given the immense costs involved and the current economic climate. The tax-paying ...
The Value of Events
1st Edition
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By Erik Lundberg, John Armbrecht, Tommy D. Andersson, Donald Getz
September 30, 2020
The Value of Events fills an important niche in the literature on events, being the first book to comprehensively deal with the subject of value creation and measurement, as opposed to impact assessment and programme evaluation. Value creation and measurement is often done routinely from specific ...
Battlefield Events: Landscape, commemoration and heritage
1st Edition
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By Keir Reeves, Geoffrey Bird, Laura James, Birger Stichelbaut, Jean Bourgeois
April 25, 2018
Battlefield Events: Landscape, Commemoration and Heritage is an investigative and analytical study into the way in which significant landscapes of war have been constructed and imagined through events over time to articulate specific narratives and denote consequence and identity. The book charts ...
Event Mobilities: Politics, place and performance
1st Edition
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By Kevin Hannam, Mary Mostafanezhad, Jillian Rickly
April 25, 2018
Events from a mobilities perspective attend to moments in which individual networks coalesce in place but are not isolated in their performance as they often foster far-reaching and mobile networks of community. In so doing, individuals travel from varying distances to participate in localized ...
Events in the City: Using public spaces as event venues
1st Edition
By Andrew Smith
October 12, 2017
Cities are staging more events than ever. Within this macro-trend, there is another less acknowledged trend: more events are being staged in public spaces. Some events have always been staged in parks, streets and squares, but in recent years events have been taken out of traditional venues and ...
Commemorative Events: Memory, Identities, Conflict
1st Edition
By Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing
May 25, 2017
Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however ...
Conferences and Conventions: A Research Perspective
1st Edition
By Judith Mair
May 25, 2017
Conferences and conventions are one of the fastest growing areas of the events industry. This is a substantially important sector yet research into many dimensions is in its infancy. This timely book, uniquely presents a ‘state of the art’ synthesis of the research on both demand and supply sides ...
Event Audiences and Expectations
1st Edition
By Jo Mackellar
May 25, 2017
Event Audiences and Expectations for the first time examines why people participate in festivals and events, the types of events which stimulate participation, and the fanatical antics of fans who become involved in these events. By doing so the book offers significant insight into how event ...
Event Portfolio Planning and Management: A Holistic Approach
1st Edition
By Vassilios Ziakas
May 25, 2017
Cities and regions around the world increasingly capitalize on a series of events aimed at optimizing their reach and outcomes. How then can a series of different events be developed and harnessed? What are the conditions and the means by which synergies and collaboration among different events and...
Event Volunteering.: International Perspectives on the Event Volunteering Experience
1st Edition
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By Karen A. Smith, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Kirsten Holmes, Tom Baum
May 25, 2017
Volunteers make important contributions across the spectrum of event settings, most visibly at high profile mega events such as the Olympic Games they are volunteers are lauded as ‘Games makers’, ’unsung heroes’ and the like. Less visibly volunteers are the heart and soul of community events and ...
Fashion, Design and Events
1st Edition
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By Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost
May 25, 2017
The importance of fashion and design in an events context remains under-researched, despite their ubiquity and significance from a societal and economic perspective. Fashion-themed events, for example, appeal to broad audiences and may tour the globe. Staging these events might help to brand ...