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.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Event Context

1. An Overview of the Event Field

2. Perspectives on Events

3. The Event Planning Context

4. Event Tourism Planning

5. Sustainable Event Management

Section 2: Planning

6. Strategic Event Planning

7. Conceptualising the Event

8. Event Project Management

9. Event Financial Planning

10. Human Resource Management and Events

11. Marketing Planning for Events

12. Promotion: Integrated Marketing Communication for Events

13. Sponsorship of Events

Section 3: Event Operations and Evaluation

14. Event Design and Production

15. Event Logistics

16. Legal Considerations in Event Planning and Management

17. Risk Management

18. Evaluation and Research

This introduction to Event Sponsorship provides students with an essential understanding of the important role of sponsorship in an event, how this can be gained and successfully managed to the benefit of both the sponsor and sponsee. The text starts with an investigation of the origins of sponsorship and then considers all important elements of Events sponsorship management. It considers what sponsorship is, its history and evolution, what its marketing uses are, how it can used efficiently; the benefits it can bring to an event; and how its results can be measured. It also considers other funding sources for events including government grants, crowd source funding and merchandising. To reflect changes in the way firms communicate with their customers, there is a strong focus on the use of social media, e - marketing and technology in sponsorship. The text uniquely considers topics of sponsorship from perspective of both the sponsor and the sponsee (the event) to provide a holistic view of the sponsorship process. Case Studies are integrated throughout to show how both small and large scale events have successfully gained and used sponsorship as well as potential pitfalls to avoid. Learning outcomes, discussion questions and further reading suggestions are included to aid navigation throughout the book, spur critical thinking and further students' knowledge. This is essential reading for all students studying Events Management.

This introduction to Event Sponsorship provides students with an essential understanding of the important role of sponsorship in an event, how this can be gained and successfully managed to the benefit of both the sponsor and sponsee.

The text starts with an investigation of the origins of sponsorship and then considers all important elements of Events sponsorship management. It considers what sponsorship is, its history and evolution, what its marketing uses are, how it can used efficiently; the benefits it can bring to an event; and how its results can be measured. It also considers other funding sources for events including government grants, crowd source funding and merchandising. To reflect changes in the way firms communicate with their customers, there is a strong focus on the use of social media, e – marketing and technology in sponsorship. The text uniquely considers topics of sponsorship from perspective of both the sponsor and the sponsee (the event) to provide a holistic view of the sponsorship process.

Case Studies are integrated throughout to show how both small and large scale events have successfully gained and used sponsorship as well as potential pitfalls to avoid. Learning outcomes, discussion questions and further reading suggestions are included to aid navigation throughout the book, spur critical thinking and further students’ knowledge.

This is essential reading for all students studying Events Management.

Table of Contents

1.What is Sponsorship? 2. Sponsorship as a Marketing Medium 3.Sponsorship Benefits 4. Matching Sponsors and Sponsee 5. Integrated Marketing Communications 6. The Sponsorship Proposal 7. Managing the Sponsorship 8. Measuring ROI (return on investment) 9. Alternatives to Sponsorship 10. Trends in Sponsorship 11. Conclusion

Coverage – offers unrivalled coverage, where no other book offers such breath of topics covered placing events within the wider business/management discourse. It therefore offers an excellent, complete and full general introductory Events Management textbook that can be used throughout the degree, known to students as ‘the events management bible’. Thoroughly revised and updated with one new chapter on events and social sciences and new content on: technology (esports, virtual events, Ai, VR, AR, social media marketing and management and advances in box office and ticketing); crowd management, business ethics, stakeholder management and sustainability. New case studies throughout that show real life applications and highlight issues with planning events of all types and scales in a range of geographical regions. New additional online resources including: PPT’s, additional case studies, links to video land websites and further discussion questions

"Festival and Special Event Management, 4th Edition" continues the comprehensive overview of the theory and procedures associated with festivals and special events established in previous editions. The new edition of this market leading text introduces new developments, professional 'tools' and the globalisation and subsequent internationalism of event management. The role of marketing and communication, environmental planning, the increasing role of governments through the creation of event strategies and the different perspectives of event management are all discussed.The new edition has been thoroughly updated to offer students a current, relevant textbook for their study and professional reference. "Festival and Special Event Management" has been translated into Portugese, Chinese, and Korean, and has also been adapted for the UK market. The authors have taught event management throughout Australia and in locations as diverse as Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Edinburgh, Auckland and Cape Town.