"Despite the threat of bushfires, flood, public ridicule, financial loss, theft and outright exhaustion, a small band of devotees from the tiny rural town of Parkes have battled against the odds to create the biggest, and most unlikely , Elvis Presley Festival in Australia"--Container. Illustrates the process of planning, marketing and managing a successful event to promote tourism in a small rural town.

"Sustainable management is an important consideration for businesses and organizations, and the enormous number of tourism events taking place requiring facilities, power, transport, people and much more makes sustainable event planning a considerable priority. By looking at mega-events, sports events, conferences and festivals, this book uses best practice case studies to illustrate sustainable management issues and practical considerations that managers need to apply, providing an essential reference for researchers and students in leisure and tourism."--BOOK JACKET.

Events are becoming more complex as their range of functions grows, as meeting places, creative spaces, economic catalysts, social drivers, community builders, image makers, business forums and network nodes. Effective design can produce more successful business models that can help to sustain cultural and sporting activities even in difficult economic times. This process requires creative imagination, and a design methodology or in other words 'imagineering'. This book brings together a wide range of international experts in the fields of events, design and imagineering to examine the event d

"Professional Event Coordination examines the full event planning process and provides the tools and strategies to effectively procure, organize, implement, and monitor all the products, services, and service providers that will bring an event to life. A versatile tool that is effective for all types of events - for small functions with ten guests to major festivals with 10,000 attendees - Professional Event Coordination is a valuable book for every professional who works events, including event managers, caterers, event planners, and hotel and food beverage managers."--BOOK JACKET.

Focuses on stakeholder theory applied to event management and goes beyond traditional approaches by treating event management as an applied field. It looks at issues such as stakeholder relationships and the management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling in the events sector.