International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 29 Issue 3

Contemporary issues in events, festivals and destination management

Mathilda Van Niekerk

This article aims to provide a critical review of the articles included in this special issue and highlight their findings and contribution to events, festivals and destination…

Thematic trends in event management research

Seunghyun Brian Park, Kwangsoo Park

The purpose of this study is to develop research theme categories, investigate thematic trends between 1998 and 2013 and present changes in event management research topics.

Event innovation induced corporate branding

Fiona X. Yang, Sherry Xiuchang Tan

This paper aims to empirically investigate how event innovation may induce desirable corporate branding.

“We’ve never measured it, but it brings in a lot of business”: Participatory sport events and tourism

Millicent Kennelly

This paper aims to examine participatory sport event organizers’ perspectives on potential connections between their events and tourism and destination marketing outcomes.

Sport mega-events and nation branding: Unique characteristics of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa

Brendon Knott, Alan Fyall, Ian Jones

Sport mega-events have received much criticism of late. However, there has been increasing awareness of the brand-related benefits from hosting a sport mega-event, with their…

Enhancing destination competitiveness through disability sport event legacies: Developing an interdisciplinary typology

Tracey J. Dickson, Laura Misener, Simon Darcy

This paper aims to contribute to the event legacy discourse by exploring the nexus between event legacy literature and destination competitiveness by focusing on disability sport…

Identifying antecedents and outcomes of festival satisfaction: The case of a cosmetics & beauty expo

Hak Jun Song, So Young Bae, Choong-Ki Lee

This study aims to explore the relationships among antecedents (i.e. quality) and outcomes (i.e. trust, support, theme awareness and extension effect) of satisfaction at the 2013…

How to create a profitable boothscape?

Gum Ju Woo, Jae-Kyoon Jun

This study aims to propose an extended framework to design a profitable exhibition booth environment (i.e. boothscape) that fosters attendees’ at-show experience and after-show…

The event and festival life cycle – developing a new model for a new context

Kirsten Holmes, Jane Ali-Knight

The events and festivals literature relies on theories and models borrowed from tourism studies which may insufficiently account for the unique characteristics of events and…

The effects of festival attendees’ experiential values and satisfaction on re-visit intention to the destination: The case of a food and wine festival

Woojin Lee, HeeKyung Sung, Eunju Suh, Jinlin Zhao

The purpose of this study was first to examine how goal-oriented attendees and experiential-oriented attendees were related with their overall satisfaction and loyalty of the…

In pursuit of an environmentally friendly convention industry: A sustainability framework and guidelines for a green convention

Hyo-Yeun Park, Dae-Kwan Kim

This paper aims to systematically develop a sustainability framework and guidelines for the green convention industry to cover the entire process of hosting a convention.

Environmental impacts and certification: evidence from the Milan World Expo 2015

Andrea Guizzardi, Marcello Mariani, Girish Prayag

This study aims to examine residents’ perceptions of environmental impacts and certification for the Milan World Expo 2015 as well as their overall attitude toward the mega-event.