This article reviews 'event tourism'as both professional practice and a field of academic
study. The origins and evolution of research on event tourism are pinpointed through both …

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 …

Events Management is the must-have introductory text providing a complete AZ of the
principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events. The book: introduces the …

For the first time Events Design and Experience draws together the relationship between
event design and the experience of consumers and participants. It explores and analyses …

The field of event Studies is described and its evolution considered, with specific reference
to three general subdivisions or discourses. Event tourism, event management, and …

In school sport the professionalisation of sport has reached the domain of school sport as a
grassroots incubator for sporting talent and for providing positive experiences that might …

Anybody working in sport management will be involved in the operation of a sports facility at
some point in their career. It is a core professional competency at the heart of successful …

Sports events come in many shapes and sizes, and can be categorised according to a
number of parameters. They include size, spatial characteristics, temporal characteristics …

This chapter examines the concept of event studies as a generic term that is used to define
the wider domain of events. The chapter considers the different definitions and typologies of …

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 …