"Event Planning and Management is the comprehensive guide for facing the new wave of live brand and customer experiences. Using real-world examples such as National Health Service's (NHS) bespoke planning model and Standon Calling (the cashless festival), this book offers a structured, practical approach to all types of events, from the initial planning to the final evaluating stages. This third edition of Event Planning and Management provides a renewed focus on virtual and hybrid events. It also provides an expansion of health and safety advisory in light of COVID-19 and anti-terrorism, as well as new models such as the Cultural Risk Assessment, and further case studies"--

A unique text that looks at events from a very different perspective - that of how and why events fail and what can be learnt from this in both a practical and academic perspective. It provides a case study approach to the event planning process with the cases illustrating how core planning theory and concepts fails to emerge in practice and why.

A unique and user-friendly text which advances managerial views on how the event industry is transforming. Packed with international real-life case studies and examples, it contextualises theory and illustrates how the industry has had to adapt whilst still considering key technological and sustainability issues.

A unique and user-friendly text which advances managerial views on how the event industry is transforming. Packed with international real-life case studies and examples, it contextualises theory and illustrates how the industry has had to adapt whilst still considering key technological and sustainability issues.

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.

The first book to bring together scholars, students, industry leaders, policy makers and related national institutes in collaboration across a range of case studies.

A complete and thorough ontology of the study of planned events and the professional practice of event management and event tourism. Contains user friendly explanations and language to explain and contextualise jargon and technical terms within this wide and varied field.

This book explains the process of managing a multispecies event, as well as the larger theoretical implications of event management, using the National Championships of the Icelandic Horse as an extended study.