Developing a Successful Infrastructure for Convention and Event Tourism

Robert R. Nelson

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780789037527
• eBook ISBN: 9781317993742
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

A multidisciplinary approach to the challenges of developing a complete package for convention and event tourism To be successful in today's competitive convention and event tourism market, communities need to provide a complete package that includes quality lodging, convenient and affordable transportation, restaurants, entertainment, and tourist appeal. Developing a Successful Infrastructure for Convention and Event Tourism presents a multidisciplinary approach to the challenges of developing larger infrastructural needs. This unique book closely examines what it takes for a destination to be successful, providing a balanced approach to developing convention and event tourism. Respected experts from a variety of disciplines such as economics, tourism, communications, law, and public policy discuss practical strategies and what infrastructure should be in place to better ensure success for a convention destination. Developing a Successful Infrastructure for Convention and Event Tourism provides insights into various complex aspects of developing the infrastructure for convention and event tourism, including economic development, land use issues, politics, social equity, marketing issues, security issues, governance, and citizen participation. Tourism professionals can get a broad and comprehensive look at how to best apply this expert knowledge to their own situations. This text is extensively referenced and provides tables to clearly present data. Topics in Developing a Successful Infrastructure for Convention and Event Tourism include:

• public financing for headquarter convention hotels
• private sector investments in hotels
• assumptions and issues that are critical to reliable estimates of the economic impacts of event tourism
• the evaluation of economic impact studies
• a case study of what Korea did to foster rapid growth to become a major player in the international convention market
• emerging issues facing convention and event tourism
• the use of convention centers as staging grounds for disaster recovery
• and more!

Developing a Successful Infrastructure for Convention and Event Tourism is a horizon-expanding text invaluable to tourism educators, tourism students, researchers, local and state government officials, policymakers, and anyone involved with local economic development.

Index

Page numbers followed by an f or t indicate figures or tables.

Accountability

credit enhancement and, 42–43

disaster recovery and, 137–138

transparency and, 42

Activities, economic impact methodologies and, 87

Alabama, 32t

Albany, NY, 32t

Albuquerque, NM, 32t

APEC. see Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

Arizona, 31t, 32t

Arkansas, 32t

Asia, convention/exhibition industry in, 103

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, 108–109

Assessment

economic impact and, 75–76, 87, 97t

risk, 132–133

Atlanta, GA, 9, 38–39

Attendance/participation

economic impact methodologies and, 87

economic impact of tourism and, 66

estimation of economic impact and, 69–71

evaluation of studies and, 98t

Audits, accountability and, 43–44

Austin, TX, 31t

Auto Parts Korea, 112

Baby needs, disaster recovery and, 137

Baltimore, MD, 9, 32t

Bangor, ME, 9

Bay City, MI, 31t

Bellevue, WA, 32t

Benchmarks, implications of convention centers on communities and, 14

BEXCO. see Busan Exhibition and Convention Center

Bloomington, MN, 32t

Branding. see Marketing

Branson, MO, 32t

Brown, Michael, 131

Busan, Korea, 108–109. see also Busan Exhibition and Convention Center

Busan Asian Games, 108

Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, 108

California, 31t, 32t, 39, 84, 132

Cambridge, MA, 31t

Capacity Utilization Model, 70

CECO. see Changwon Exhibition Center

CEIR. see Center for Exhibition Industry Research

Center for Exhibition Industry Re...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Monographic Separates from the Journal of Convention & Event Tourism™
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Abstracting, Indexing & Outward Linking
• Table of Contents
• About the Editor
• Introduction
• What are Cities Really Committing to When They Build a Convention Center?
• Public Financing of Headquarter Hotels in the United States
• The Rhetoric of Financial Decision Making: An Analysis of Public Discourse Concerning the New Washington Convention Center
• Estimating the Economic Impact of Event Tourism: A Review of Issues and Methods
• Measuring the Economic Impacts of Convention Centers and Event Tourism: A Discussion of the Key Issues
• Convention and Exhibition Center Development in Korea
• Kelo: Is It Much To Do About Nothing?
• Convention Centers as Staging Grounds for Disaster Recovery: Lessons Learned from 911 and Katrina
• Index