Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to define event evaluation, develop a conceptual
model of its process and elements, review pertinent literature, and draw conclusions …

Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This introductory
textbook fully explores the multidisciplinary nature of events management and provides the …

This Handbook is the first to explore the emergent field of 'placemaking'in terms of the recent
research, teaching and learning, and practice agenda for the next few years. Offering …

Policymakers in destinations regularly struggle to identify effective ways to evaluate the
impacts of planned events. Especially problematic is the relative lack of knowledge about …

Festivals and events are of enormous significance to many communities around the world.
They can have historic, religious, cultural and traditional significance, and they are also …

To assist the assessment of sustainable festival tourism, this study develops sustainability
indictors for festival tourism by including perspectives from four stakeholders: tourists, local …

This study aims to suggest a way through which policymakers can easily understand the
nature of the social impacts of events through a spatial framing of such impacts. The case …

Government and industry are aware that the full value of the business event sector needs to
be established. To date, the sector has been evaluated on the economic contribution it …

The assumption that events can have positive economic impacts has increased interest in
their hosting by many destinations worldwide. Although attendees are a constitutive part of …

Residents of the Sunshine Coast region in Queensland, Australia, were surveyed on the
subject of planned events in their region with the main aim of determining how and why they …