ABSTRACT

A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.


The book offers a systematic guide to organising successful events, examining areas such as event design, logistics, marketing, human resource management, financial planning, risk management, impacts, evaluation and reporting. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to include content covering technology, including virtual and hybrid events, concepts such as social capital, soft power and events, social inclusion, equality, accessibility and diversity, and the latest industry reports, research and legal frameworks. The book is logically structured and features new case studies, showing real-life applications and highlighting issues with planning events of all types and scales in a range of geographical locations.


This book has been dubbed ‘the events management bible’ and fosters an interactive learning experience amongst scholars of events management, tourism and hospitality.

part 1|207 pages

Event context

chapter Chapter 1|57 pages

An overview of the event field

chapter Chapter 2|37 pages

Perspectives on events

chapter Chapter 3|28 pages

The event planning context

chapter Chapter 4|46 pages

Event tourism planning

chapter Chapter 5|37 pages

Sustainable event management

part 2|322 pages

Planning

chapter Chapter 6|41 pages

Strategic event planning

chapter Chapter 7|32 pages

Conceptualising the event

chapter Chapter 8|38 pages

Event project management

chapter Chapter 9|28 pages

Event financial planning

chapter Chapter 10|45 pages

Human resource management and events

chapter Chapter 11|57 pages

Marketing planning for events

chapter Chapter 12|29 pages

Promotion: Integrated marketing communication for events

chapter Chapter 13|50 pages

Sponsorship of events

part 3|210 pages

Event operations and evaluation

chapter Chapter 14|43 pages

Event design and production

chapter Chapter 15|46 pages

Event logistics

chapter Chapter 16|31 pages

Legal considerations in event planning and management

chapter Chapter 17|50 pages

Risk management

chapter Chapter 18|38 pages

Event evaluation and research