Includes index.

Event management : an introduction / John Beech -- The dimensions of event management / Robert Kaspar -- Theories and models in event management / Sebastian Kaiser -- The business of sports and cultural events / Gernot Wolfram and Sebastian Kaiser -- The business of corporate events / Rob Davidson -- Managing people and the role of volunteers / Terri Byers and Samantha Gorse -- Marketing and destination branding / Martina Lettner and Rick Burton -- Financing events / Martin Schnitzer -- Event planning and strategy / Scott McRoberts, with Chris Charlebois and Clay Melnike -- Sustainable event management / Cheryl Mallen and Chris Chard -- Events, the law and risk management / Dominik Kocholl -- Event operations and project management / Martin Egger and Helmut Lux -- Events and new media technologies / Lukas Rossler -- The event life cycle / Robert Kaspar -- The role of sports and event venues / Louise Bielzer -- Economic impact evaluation of events / Norbert Schutte -- Events management and the hospitality industry / Stefan Walzel -- Creating and designing events / Hilary S. Carty -- Events in public spaces / Gernot Wolfram and Claire Burnill -- Events as sponsorship investment / Ariane Bagusat -- Trends in event management / Andreas Reiter.

The Business of Events Management provides an accessible and lively introduction to the practice of managing an event, festival, conference or congress. Written by a team of international experts, the book incorporates the latest thinking in events management and highlights key theories, concepts and models by using a range of case studies and examples.