International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 33 Issue 7

Guest editorial

Jeeyeon Jeannie Hahm, Karin Weber, Donald Getz, Rhodri Thomas

Triple grief cycle of cancelled events: the emotional crisis aftermath

IpKin Anthony Wong, Shuyi Lin, Lixin Lin, Ruobing Liao

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response is not only devastating nations and economies across the globe but it is also severely disrupting the event industry, with government…

How social media influencer’s event endorsement changes attitudes of followers: the moderating effect of followers’ gender

Jie Sun, Xi Yu Leung, Billy Bai

This paper aims to study how a social media influencer (SMI) endorsement affects followers’ event attitude and behavioral intentions. More importantly, it comparatively examines…

Healthy food exposition attendees’ purchasing strategies: a mental budgeting perspective

Xiaoxiao Fu, Bingna Lin, Yao-Chin Wang

Grounded in the theory of mental budgeting, this paper aims to investigate how the regret and perfectionism of exposition attendees influences their purchasing strategy.

Tourist’s rational and emotional engagement across events: a multi-event integration view

José A. Folgado-Fernández, Paulo Duarte, José Manuel Hernández-Mogollón

The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the role of communication, structural and intangible elements on both tourists’ rational and emotional engagement across…

Positive power: events as temporary sites of power which “empower” marginalised groups

Trudie Walters, Raphaela Stadler, Allan Stewart Jepson

The importance of events for marginalised groups has largely been overlooked within tourism, hospitality and event studies. The purpose of this study is to address this gap…

Supply chain flexibility fit and green practices: evidence from the event industry

Joanne Jung-Eun Yoo, Meehee Cho

As the event industry is supported by a wide range of suppliers that provide different products and services, all these partners in the supply chain can play a crucial role in…

Pre-event competitiveness: exploring residents’ perceptions of place management and local impacts

Nicholas Wise, Jelena Đurkin Badurina, Marko Perić

There is a need to rethink destination competitiveness research, which tends to overlook local impacts of events and new developments. Conducting pre-event research challenges…

Understanding the core elements of event portfolio strategy: lessons from Auckland and Dunedin

Vladimir Antchak, Michael Lück, Tomas Pernecky

An event portfolio is a vital part of economic and socio-cultural processes designed around the use of public events in cities and destinations around the world. The purpose of…

Events’ external stakeholders and their influence strategies in tourism: perspectives from Borneo

Fidella Tiew, Kirsten Holmes, Nigel de Bussy

The purpose of this paper is to examine external event stakeholders’ strategic actions to advance their interests in tourism events, based on their resource relationships with the…