This week we are putting the resources spotlight on Event Planning . Below we've shared some recently published books and journal articles on this topic:

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Books

Bowdin, G.A.J. and Bowdin, G.A.J. (2024) Events management. Fourth edition. London: Routledge

Bladen, C. (2023) Events management : an introduction. Third edition. Abingdon, Oxon,; Routledge

Alexandris, K., Girginov, V. and Scheerder, J. (2023) Running events : policies, marketing and impacts. London; Routledge

Silvers, J.R. and O’Toole, W. (2021) Risk management for events. Second edition. London: Routledge

Getz, D. (2018) Event evaluation : theory and methods for event management and tourism. Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers Ltd

Book Chapters

Schulenkorf, N. et al. (2022) “Event impact evaluation,” in Managing and Leveraging Events. 1st edn. Routledge, pp. 40–5

Wrathall, Jeffrey. and Steriopoulos, E. (2022) “Event Marketing and Brand Strategy” in Reimagining and reshaping events: theoretical and practical perspectives. 1st ed. Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers Limited.

Ahmed, A. (2021) “Sustainable Financial Planning for Event Management,” in Event Project Management. Goodfellow Publishers

Journal Articles

Abson, E., Norman, M. and Schofield, P. (2024) “Event leadership matters: why a shared approach might be the answer to improved working practices in events,” Event management, 28(1), pp. 169–175

Skard, S. and Apenes Solem, B.A. (2022) “Creating Brand Experiences Through Activational Sponsorship Leverage,” Event management, 26(5), pp. 1175–1192

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