• ISBN13: 9781138629004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Business ManagementTourism, Travel Guide & Hospitality
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2023
• Pages: 432
• Original Price: GBP 230.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 735 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

A timely and up-to-date "go-to" reference work for business events, The Routledge Handbook of Business Events explores and critically evaluates the key debates and controversies inherent to this rapidly expanding subject of study and industry.

The volume brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research on management aspects as well as economic, social and environmental impacts and external factors such as transportation. The book incorporates the varied expertise of some 30 expert authors to provide a definitive collection of statements in this field, accompanied by illustrative and engaging case studies embodying real-life scenarios and examples on an international scale.

This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers and academics of Events, as well as those of related studies in particular Tourism, Hospitality, Sport, Leisure, Marketing, Business and Development Studies.

Charles Arcodia is a Professor in Event Management in the Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, Griffith University, Australia. He is an experienced tertiary educator having taught and researched in universities for over 20 years. His primary areas of research are in event management, Tourism education and various tourism and related cultural issues. He has held leadership positions in a variety of educational and business service contexts.