International Journal of Event and Festival Management: Volume 9 Issue 3

The art of tastings: enhancing the arts festival experience

Armand Viljoen, Martinette Kruger, Melville Saayman

The role and importance of arts festivals are well documented within the festival and events literature. Art and culture, as well as the subsequent enhancement thereof, are…

Examining the cross-cultural attitudes of Qataris and expatriates in Qatar, the host country of 2022 World Cup

Abdoulaye Diop, Ahmed Al-Emadi, Kiki Kaplanidou, Michael Sagas, Engi Elmaghraby, Yara Qutteina

The purpose of this paper is to examine how residents in Qatar, the host country of the 2022 World Cup, interact, socialize and acculturate in order to create a more harmonic…

The evaluation of the perceived value of festival experiences: the case of Serralves em Festa!

Ana Pinto Borges, Elvira Pacheco Vieira, João Romão

Serralves em Festa! is a festival of contemporary artistic expression held annually in the city of Porto attracting a large number of national and international tourists. As there…

Business impacts of event hosting: evidence from the Volvo Ocean Race Finale in Galway 2012

Patrick Collins, Emer Mulligan, Mary Cawley

This paper sets out to contribute to the growing literature analysing the broader impacts of event hosting. The purpose of this paper is twofold: the first is to add to the…

Factors influencing time allocation of sport event volunteers

Kirstin Hallmann, Paul Downward, Geoff Dickson

Given the increasing demands placed on a sport event workforce in servicing the needs of spectators, to attract and recruit volunteers to the industry, it is important for sport…

Understanding the inspiration among active participants in sport events

Ran Zhou, Kyriaki Kaplanidou, Dimitra Papadimitriou, Nicholas D. Theodorakis, Kostantinos Alexandris

The purpose of this paper is to explore the sources of inspiration for active participants in sport events, and the link between inspiration sources and event-related outcomes…