International Journal of Event and Festival Management: Volume 3 Issue 2

The challenge and opportunities for an event organiser during an economic recession

Adrian Devine, Frances Devine

The economic recession, which began in late 2007 has, and will continue to have, repercussions for the events industry. Unemployment and inflation coupled with shrinking public…

The current and future impacts of the 2007‐2009 economic recession on the festival and event industry

Seungwon “Shawn” Lee, Joe Goldblatt

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and understand the impact of the global financial crisis during 2007‐2009. Furthermore, the paper seeks to identiy critical impacts upon…

“It's all about the journey”: women and cycling events

Simone Fullagar, Adele Pavlidis

The purpose of this paper is to develop a gendered understanding of women's experience of a mass cycle tour event.

Consumer profiles of runners at marathon races

Kirstin Hallmann, Pamela Wicker

The purpose of this paper is to identify consumer profiles based on behaviour of runners at marathon races and to determine key drivers for their intention to revisit the marathon.

Testing the accuracy of event economic impact forecasts

Girish M. Ramchandani, Richard J. Coleman

The purpose of this paper is to examine the findings from ex ante and ex post economic impact appraisals of six major sports events. The ultimate aim of the paper is to identify…

An investigation of measurement error in visitor expenditure surveys

Mike Raybould, Liz Fredline

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether providing additional prompts in a visitor expenditure survey results in higher reported expenditure.

Editorial

Leo Jago, Jack Carlsen