Fully revised and updated to reflect current trends and emerging topics, the fourth edition of
Conferences and Conventions: A Global Industry provides an expert-led, comprehensive …

Business events are celebrated for their contributions to community and industry. They are
understood to be shared social contexts in which people meet to advance knowledge, sell …

Government and industry are aware that the full value of the business event sector needs to
be established. To date, the sector has been evaluated on the economic contribution it …

International association meetings and events (IAMEs) are a significant specialist segment
of the business events sector. Noting the lack of longitudinal research available to confirm …

Purpose The aim of this study is to understand the transformations that the event industry
has undergone during the COVID-19 pandemic and what changes still may happen in the …

Abstract Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has helped businesses in
hospitality and tourism industry to reduce costs, improve customer services as well as …

'The future of humanity is urban'according to Khor et al.(2022, p. XV) in the World Cities
Report 2022. Indeed, the United Nations (UN) projects that by mid-century, 68 per cent of the …

Although the literature identifies various benefits of business events, more work is required
to investigate the ways in which such outcomes are achieved and how they fit into a whole of …

As destinations contest the rights to host international association-based meetings and
events, competitive points of difference in the bidding process can mean the success or loss …

Conference exhibitors are important stakeholders in the business events sector. Yet,
industry professionals such as conference organizers, convention bureau, and convention …