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FESTIVAL AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT
Festival and Events Management
An International Arts and Culture Perspective
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Edited By
Ian Yeoman, Associate Professor, Victoria University, New Zealand
Martin Robertson, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Marketing, Victoria University, Australia
Jane Ali-Knight, School of Marketing, Tourism and Language, Napier University
Siobhan Drummond, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, University of Paisley, Scotland
Una McMahon-Beattie, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Consumer Studies, University of Ulster

Description
Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries. With international contributions from industry and academia, the text looks at the following: * Events & cultural environments * Managing the arts & leisure experience * Marketing, policies and strategies of art and leisure management Chapters include exercises, and additional teaching materials and solutions to questions are provided as part of an accompanying online resource.

Audience
Upper level hospitality, leisure and tourism students studying events, arts, or recreation management; event/leisure professionals/consultants

Contents
Foreword by Peter Irvine, Director of Unique Events, Edinburgh Section one - Festivals, events and the cultural experience: Arts, leisure & cultural concepts (Ali-Knight, Robertson); An overview of events management (Jones, Morgan, Salem); Festivals, events & the destination (Derret); Section two - Managing the arts, culture and leisure experience: Event design and management (James and Brown); Visitor management for festival and events (Yeoman, Robertson, McMahon-Beattie); Service quality and managing your people (Drummond and Anderson); The implications and process of using IT within events organisations (Knox) Section three - Marketing, revenue and retail operations: Events and detination dynamic (Robertson, Wardrop); Marketing information for the events industry (Wood); Merchandising and Retail (Doyle); Festival and events catering operations (Fields, Stansbie); Principles and applications in ticketing and reservations management (Beaven, Laws) Section four - Policies and strategies of art and leisure event management; Politics, public policy and the destination (Hall, Rusher); Events management in the context of New Zealand's art, leisure and cultural sectors (Harrison, McDonald); The economics and evaluation of festival and events (Carlsen); A strategic approach for the use of sponsorship in the events industry (Masterman); The behavioural aspects of financial management (Raj); Risk and decision making in event management (Laybourn) Section five - Case studies and contemporary issues of arts and leisure festivals and events: Social and environmental impacts - attitudes of visitors and residents to the impacts of the 2001 Sidmouth International Festival (Mason, Beaumont-Kerridge); Wine tourism events (Novelli); Edinburgh's winter festivals (Wardrop, Robertson); Sponsorship, funding and strategic function - Carling festival and V-festival (Raj, Walters); The Anglesey Sea symposium (Matthews); A critical examination of Sydney's 2000 Olympic Games (Waitt); Index

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 448 pages, publication date: OCT-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5872-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5872-X
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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