Event Venue Research Articles

Chestvovanie inklyuzivnosti: organizatsiya i ritual sporta massovogo uchastiya

We describe the best organizational practices, ceremonies, and rituals of mass participation sports events. In addition to participant observation of endurance races in distance running, triathlon, cycling, swimming, and cross-country skiing between 2003 and 2019, statistical and document analysis was used as the research methodology. Special focus was placed on triathlon in Europe. We argue that the phenomenon of mass participation sports is a consequence of the Expressive model of sports (EMS) as a social construct shared by the community. We explain how the EMS is implemented in the organization of events through rituals, conventions, and institutions. Firstly, within the EMS, the race finish is recognized as an achievement by the organizers and the participant’s community. Secondly, the EMS focuses on ordinary, non-elite amateurs as main event participants. This means an open entry to participation, with no selection by skill level; permissive time limits; equal distances, entry fees, and service levels for both elite and non-elite athletes; a joint festival and event venue; competition schedule comfortable for amateurs (non-elite races on the weekend). Thirdly, the EMS revises the linear ranking of competitions through a new hierarchy model, an age-weighted presentation of results, and an inclusive celebration ritual. This includes the grouping of athletes into ordinary amateurs with no reward and elite/professionals, who compete for absolute an ranking and/or prizes, a broad division of amateurs by age groups (95–99, 90–94, 85–89 and down to 20–24, 15–19) and the celebration of the oldest athletes and last finishers. The theoretical framework combines the insights from the civilization process, evolutionary and symbolic anthropology. Since endurance races are seen as rites of passage and liminal processes, we emphasize the importance of rituals as a means of a reconciliation of communitas.

From a National Meeting to an International Conference: A Scientometric Case Study of a Finnish Computing Education Conference

Computerisation and digitalisation are shaping the world in fundamental and unpredictable ways, which highlights the importance of computing education research (CER). As part of understanding the roots of CER, it is crucial to investigate the evolution of CER as a research discipline. In this paper we present a case study of a Finnish CER conference called Koli Calling, which was launched in 2001, and which has become a central publication venue of CER. We investigate the evolution of Koli Calling’s scholarly communities and zoom in on it’s publication habits and internalisation process. We explore the narrative of the development and scholarly agenda behind changes in the conference submission categories from the perspective of some of the conference chairs over the years.We then take a qualitative perspective, analysing the conference publications based on a comprehensive bibliometric analysis. The outcomes include classification of important research clusters of authors in the community of conference contributors. Interestingly, we find traces of important events in the historical development of CER. In particular, we find clusters emerging from specific research capacity building initiatives and we can trace how these connect research spanning the world CER community from Finland to Sweden and then further to the USA, Australia and New Zealand. This paper makes an important strategic contribution to the evolution of CER as a research discipline, from the perspective of one central event and publication venue, providing a broad perspective on the role of the conference in connecting research clusters and establishing a truly international research community. This work contributes insights to researchers in one specific CER community and how they shape the future of computing education.

Functional Quality of Service During Events: An Empirical Analysis

Visitors to events attach great importance to the range of artists and their performances and the quality of their stay and services. To create a staging and, consequently, an emotionalization of the visitor, many action areas simultaneously take effect at an event. In this context, the customer satisfaction of visitors plays a major role for event organizers, which aims to generate a competitive advantage over other providers and be attractive for artists simultaneously. This article aims to analyse the perceived functional quality of service (QoS) during various events in a multi-purpose event venue. The analysis was based on 563 primary data samples. On the off chance, selected visitors were during the events recruited and interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. The data were collected during the break of five events. These events took place in the period from mid-November to mid-December 2019. This was supplemented by an online survey of enthusiastic fan club visitors who regularly watch handball matches within the event venue. The online survey was conducted in parallel with the surveys during November 2019. Overall, the results showed a high level of satisfaction among visitors regarding the QoS. In addition to services, exploratory factor analysis identified cleanliness as a satisfaction factor that significantly accounted for overall service satisfaction. Differences in the perception of both factors could be detected between the fan club visitors on the one hand and all other visitors of various events (comedy, music, sports) on the other. Based upon the results of this analysis, the event managers of this venue are enabled to employ target group-oriented improvements of individual services to consolidate and increase customer satisfaction.
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Diversification of Physical Activities: An Exploration of Provision Characteristics of Holistic Movement Practices in a Large Australian City.

Holistic movement practices (HMPs) are an emerging category of physical activity, contributing to the diversification of physical activity opportunities. Purposefully incorporating not only physical but also mental, social, and/or spiritual elements, HMPs have received limited research attention with respect to participation parameters. The purpose of this study was to begin to map HMPs’ participation potential by exploring the provision features of HMPs in Melbourne. Data were collected via internet searches, with a focus on events offered. Event features, including type, cost, duration, venue address, and target groups, were recorded. Associated neighbourhood characteristics were also explored by linking venue locations to selected census information. Provision was documented for Yoga and Pilates in central Melbourne (1011 events), for Tai Chi and Qigong (323 events), and for a range of smaller HMPs (149 events) across Greater Melbourne. Results indicated a wide range in provision features. Affinities with the holistic nature of HMPs were noticeable in venue choices and neighbourhood socio-demographics. Mention of specific target groups was infrequent. Results are discussed in light of implications for uptake. HMPs exemplify the increasing diversity of physical activity opportunities in modern-day societies. Further research to elucidate their place in the landscape of physical activities is warranted.

Korea MICE Expo 2020 참가자의 방문목적과 참가만족 및 재참가 의도 간의 영향관계에 관한 연구: 온라인 참가 바이어와 셀러 참가자 참가목적과 만족도 비교를 중심으로

This study aims to analyze an empirical analysis of relation among On-line exhibition participant’s purpose, satisfaction and revisit intention. Especially this study focuses on analyzing characters of Buyer and seller to participate in an On-line Korea Mice Expo 2020 held in the corona crisis situation. This study tried to provide practical implications by comparing and analyzing by type of participant and how the participants’ purpose of buyers and sellers who participated in the exhibition and convention held online had an effect on satisfaction and revisit intention. Online participants significant buyer`s purposes are Event venue information acquisition, agency information acquisition, and industry latest trends acquisition. Seller`s purposes are Consultation and acquisition of new transactions, brand and company advertisement, networking with related partners company.

Gender differences in statistical interaction effects of perceived well-being and structural constraints on the intention to attend a game

ABSTRACT Research question: This research examined the effect of perceived well-being from a spectator experience on the intention to attend a sporting event, and the moderating effects of structural constraints on attending a game, depending on gender. Research methods: The authors conducted a questionnaire survey at a professional Japanese basketball game. A total of 172 participants were included (57.6% female). The authors conducted a confirmatory factor analysis to check the reliability and validity of the measurement scales, then tested the hypotheses using two-step hierarchical multiple regression analyses by gender. Results and Findings: The hypotheses testing indicated that spectators who perceived a high degree of well-being from their spectator experience had high intentions to attend a game. Furthermore, for female spectators, the positive effect of perceived well-being decreased when they perceived more constraints before arriving at the event venue, whereas for male spectators, it was reduced when they perceived more constraints at the venue. Implications: This research expanded current understanding of how perceived well-being from a spectator experience can increase intentions to attend a sporting event. Additionally, two sequential structural constraint constructs extended existing constraint studies. Lastly, the identified gender differences in the moderating effects of such structural constraints provided scientific contributions to the field of sport marketing.

BusBeat: Early Event Detection with Real-Time Bus GPS Trajectories

Large-scale events attracting many participants might have a strong negative impact on productivity, mobility, comfort, and safety in a city. Within the few years, serious accidents led by congestion have occurred, especially during sports events, religious ceremonies, festivals, and so on. To alleviate these serious accidents, predicting the occurrence of a large-scale event is much significant. When we know an event occurrence in advance, some of those who are not interested in the event might change their plans and/or might take a detour to avoid to get involved in a heavy congestion. In this paper, we present an early event detection technique named BusBeat. BusBeat uses GPS trajectory data collected from periodic-cars that are vehicles periodically traveling on a pre-scheduled route with a pre-determined departure time, such as a transit bus, shuttle, garbage truck, or municipal patrol car. BusBeat interpolates the missing GPS data by using the features of the periodic-cars. In addition, BusBeat uses the network-based analysis with a Time-dependent Congestion Network (TCN) in order to detect geo-spatial events. BusBeat achieves early event detection without incurring any privacy invasion, by using the continuous trajectories of the periodic-cars that provide the real-time traffic flow and speed. Since traffic towards an event venue would be slow before the event starts, BusBeat detects the geo-spatial events before the attendees gather. We evaluate our BusBeat using over 7,000-bus data collected in Beijing for 5 months and compare with the check-in data collected from a social network service.

Using video-analysis technology to estimate social mixing and simulate influenza transmission at a mass gathering

Mass gatherings create settings conducive to infectious disease transmission. Empirical data to model infectious disease transmission at mass gatherings are limited. Video-analysis technology could be used to generate data on social mixing patterns needed for simulating influenza transmission at mass gatherings. We analyzed short video recordings of persons attending the GameFest event at a university in Troy, New York, in April 2013 to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach. Attendees were identified and tracked during three randomly selected time periods using an object-tracking algorithm. Tracks were analyzed to calculate the number and duration of unique pairwise contacts. A contact occurred each time two attendees were within 2 m of each other. We built and tested an agent-based stochastic influenza simulation model assuming two scenarios of mixing patterns in a geospatially accurate representation of the event venue —one calibrated to the mean cumulative contact duration estimated from GameFest video recordings and the other using a uniform mixing pattern. We compared one-hour attack rates (i.e., becoming infected) generated from these two scenarios following the introduction of a single infectious seed. Across the video recordings, 278 attendees were identified and tracked, resulting in 1,247 unique pairwise contacts with a cumulative mean contact duration of 74.76 s (SD: 80.71). The one-hour simulated mean attack rates were 2.17 % (95 % CI:1.45 – 2.82) and 0.21 % (95 % CI: 0.14 – 0.28) in the calibrated and uniform mixing model scenarios, respectively. We simulated influenza transmission at the GameFest event using social mixing data objectively captured through video-analysis technology. Microlevel geospatially accurate simulations can be used to assess the layout of event venues on social mixing and disease transmission. Future work can expand on this demonstration project to larger spatial and temporal scenes in more diverse settings.

The Profile of the Participants of the Lectures Cycle GESPORTE

This study aimed to characterize the profile of participant in the Technical Lectures of the Lectures Cycle GESPORTE. Thus, it is a descriptive research, which used a questionnaire as a data collection instrument, this questionnaire contained closed and open questions. Of the 967 participants in the technical lectures analyzed, 335 responded to the data collection instrument that contained questions about gender variables; age; study level; course; activity that exerts; personal monthly income; aspects of the event (access to the event venue; parking; auditorium; seating; restrooms; conducting the event (ceremonial); punctuality of the event; signage and information; importance of the event (theme); quality of the speakers). The results show that 60.6 are men; 85.7% are up to 24 years old; 64.6 has a monthly income of up to R $ 1,000.00 (one thousand reais); 90.4% are undergraduate students; and 88% are studying Physical Education. Therefore, the participants in the GESPORTE Lectures Cycle are men up to 24 years old, undergraduate students in Physical Education, with a monthly income of up to R $ 1,000.00 (one thousand reais).

Preference and Constraint Factor Model for Event Recommendation

Newly emerging Event-based Social Network (EBSN) concentrates on connecting both online social relationships and offline local events. For the growing amount of events published on EBSNs, personalized event recommendation becomes essential to help users choose attractive events. But most of existing event recommendation algorithms fail to distinguish constraint factors of users’ event participation behaviors from preference factors, which reflects the cost of event participation that hinders users from attending interested events. To take full advantage of influences from contextual information on users’ event participation, we differentiate preference and constraint factors which contribute to users’ decision for event participation, and extract the soft spatial and temporal constraints from event venue and start time contexts respectively. Then we propose the Preference and Constraint Factor Model (PCFM) based on factorization machine model, using attentive mechanism to weight feature interactions and incorporate latent factors of users and contextual features for personalized perference modeling and event recommendation. Moreover, learning-to-rank techniques are utilized to train PCFM as a ranking model for the implicit feedback nature of responses from users. Extensive experiments evaluate the performance of our proposed recommendation model on real-world EBSN datasets, and demonstrate the outperformance than state-of-art event recommendation methods on many metrics.

Between Fire and Ice: Experiences of the Persian Fire Festival in a Nordic Setting

This exploratory research seeks to gain insight into the visitors of Persian Fire Festival in Stockholm, their motivation, level of satisfaction and loyalty to the festival. The overall methodology is mixed methods consisting of participant observation and 280 completed online surveys including close-ended and open-ended questions. A Grounded theory analysis has been employed. The most important reason behind the participation has been to strive for the recognition of ethnic cultural identity; to keep the ancient culture alive; to maintain their ancestors’ legacy and transfer it to the next generation. Most of the visitors experienced positive feelings, showed satisfaction and loyalty, believed that the festival fulfilled their expectations and it should be celebrated officially every year. A minority showed dissatisfaction mostly due to the lack of accessibility to the event venue and might are not loyal to the festival. The first conclusion here is that these motivators are totally different than those mentioned by earlier research (e.g., escape, socialization, novelty, rest, prestige, excitement). Even though the desire to preserve the ancient culture and tradition is very strong, a lack of accessibility to the venue would constitute disloyalty and a barrier to re-attend in such a festival.

Developing Strategy for Heritage Tourism Supply Chain Quality Management

Increasing the tourism sector has a positive impact on a country. The Indonesian government has targeted to increase the number of tourists from year to year including the heritage tourism sector. However, the number of the heritage tourism sector increases slowly. To overcome this problem, this research is aimed to investigate the services performed by managements of that sector; the barrier and driver factors of heritage tourism supply chain quality management; and to identify strategies that can be implemented to improve the sector. This study used SERVQUAL method to analyze service performance of the sector. Furthermore, an in-depth interview was conducted to achieve completed objectives. The data obtained from questionnaires and interviews in several heritage tourism areas located in East Java Province of Indonesia. The results show that all SERVQUAL dimensions stay on the adequate value range. Visitors argue that the heritage tourism sector in East Java has interesting locations, collections and circumstances. However, the sector has several weaknesses compared to other tourism sectors. The strategy that can be done to improve the performance of this sector are to perform the area as an event venue, additional visiting hours, integration with other types of tourism sectors, making websites as a means of promotion.

Religious Pilgrimage: Experiencing Places, Objects and Events

This article explores the concept of the Eventization of faith (Pfadenhauer, 2010) through application of three case studies, to identify learning that might be applied to a traditional pilgrimage destination, such as Jerusalem. This Holy City is held sacred by the three Abrahamic religions, and faith-based tourism is central both to the Holy Land and to the city of Jerusalem (Leppakari & Griffin, 2017). This paper builds on research that identifies processes and models that provide insight into the developing concept of the eventization of faith. The work examines outcomes from three different perspectives: - The impact of traditional church-led pilgrimages to places in the Holy Land, on participants and their local church communities. - The successful eventization of the Lindisfarne Gospels as part of their release to Durham University in 2013, and the impact on local historical, cultural and religious identity and heritage (Dowson, 2019). - The shared pilgrimage experience of thousands of Christian women participating in the annual Cherish Conference in Leeds, Yorkshire, held in a secular event venue (Dowson, 2016). In analysing these three case study examples, this paper aims to identify factors that might enhance our understanding of the concept of eventization of faith. Utilising face to face interviews and online survey results, the research focuses on the aspects of community, identity and authenticity. Events enable shared experiences in a faith context (Lee et al., 2015), and so this research develops a model that captures and expresses approaches that might encourage pilgrimages to traditional destinations, through the medium of events, adding insight into the development of the academic concept of Eventization of Faith.

Unusual venues for business events: key quality attributes of museums and art galleries

Purpose This paper aims to identify the key quality attributes a museum or art gallery should possess and enhance to become an attractive business event venue. Design/methodology/approach The research adopted a two-stage case-study methodology. Firstly, three museums were selected in Manchester, UK, to explore the venues’ approaches to hosting business events. These were the Lowry Art Centre, Salford Museum and Manchester Art Gallery. Secondly, a business event at another museum in the city, Science and Industry Museum, was accessed to explore the audiences’ perceptions and industry requirements regarding the organisation of events in museums. In total, 21 qualitative semi-structured and structured interviews were conducted with the event delegates, event planners and museums’ management. Findings Thematic analysis was applied to identify three key attributes: venue character, memorability and functionality and feasibility. Venue character refers to the overall appeal of a venue, including its history, status and interior design. Memorability refers to the authenticity and uniqueness of the attendee experience at a corporate event organised in a museum. Finally, functionality and feasibility deals with the availability of functional facilities, space flexibility and diverse venue regulations. Originality/value The findings of the research provide valuable insights to both museums and event companies. The research reveals the main benefits and drawbacks of using a museum or an art gallery as a venue for business events and suggests key aspects to consider while staging a business event in a cultural institution. Museums could apply the findings in marketing to emphasise their uniqueness, authenticity and flexibility.

Exclusive craft beer events: liminoid spaces of performative craft consumption

ABSTRACTThe specialized market of craft beer is today both vast and supportive enough for exclusive craft beer events characterized by a limited number of admissions and the high status of participating breweries. Such events offer craft beer enthusiasts a convenient, yet regulated social and physical environment for both personal and collective performances. This article uses the Copenhagen Beer Celebration (2012–2016) as a case to define their “nature” and “function” within the spectrum of food and beverage festivals through the identification and discussion of various material and immaterial aspects that constitute characteristic practice of these events. In addition, the properties of the event venue as a liminoid space for this kind of performativity is shown to be essential for the building of both individual and collective identity as craft beer aficionados. The practice of beer tasting and evaluation, identified here as craft consumption, enables the learning of the essential chores or, at least, their visible manifestations through careful observation, mimicking, and, most importantly, repetitious conduct. Thus, these events enhance cohesion within the craft beer community through a joint practice developing strong and positive relationships between people with different backgrounds, but sharing a common passion.

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Business Event Destination Determinants: Malaysia Event Organizers' Perspective

The choice of destination for a business event is influenced by a range of attributes, including the event type, location, or number of attendees. This article investigates the influence of event characteristics on destination selection attributes in Malaysia. Data collected from 261 event organizers using a simple random probability method were analyzed to test for significant differences between destination attributes and event characteristics. The findings revealed that the event size and venue have a significant and direct impact on some destination attributes; however, contrary to previous studies, event type was insignificant and had no direct impact on destination attributes. The results contribute knowledge on approaches to improve the marketing of destinations to business event organizers in Malaysia. Furthermore, the results imply that marketers, who want to optimize strategies to better meet the needs of the Malaysia business event industry, should align destination attributes with the dimensions of event characteristics.

Design Build Finding EO as A Web-Based Marketplace Event Organizer and Venue Apps

Event in Indonesia is an activity that utilizes a place or service in the implementation of these activities. Many obstacles that currently often occur when an event wants to be held either in the limited availability of information about the Event Organizer or where the event is inadequate due to limited sources. The similar information provided only display Event Organizer or Venue, but this is limited by the absence of a system that fulfills the transaction process directly. In the era of the development of science and technology as well as industry 4.0 that continues to expand, business ideas emerge that are initialized into one of the web-based marketplace application platforms that are able to promote Event Organizer and Venue also provide information and Event Organizer and Venue ordering processes for Event Users. The system, entitled Finding EO, uses the Prototyping method and its developed with PHP Programming languages.

Pelaksanaan Bauran Pemasaran Meeting Incentive Conference Exhibition Di Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center

Nowadays travel is not only for leisure time but it is also for business purposes, such as Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) activity. The MICE activity is a form of tourism travel in which groups of people, usually plan well in advance for a particular purpose. The industry of MICE is growing rapidly and this results in an intensified competition among the event venues that are keen to attract more meetings and conventions. Challenges and trends of convention centers are faced by the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre (BNDCC). It is because of an increased number of venues and meeting space. This research uses descriptive qualitative analysis. Data were collected through interviews, observation, and documentation of the product, price, place, promotion, process, people and physical evidence as 7P marketing mix of BNDCC. The collected data were then analyzed and evaluated according to the 7P marketing mix and select the improvements which can be done. The conclusion of this research is the 7P marketing mix used in the events section of BNDCC is good. There is one element, people, as part of the marketing mix, which is limited. Improvements can be done by improving sales team performance. The team is important to communicate the product and meet the individual needs of the person experiencing it. Keywords: MICE Industry, Marketing Mix, Event Venue, Convention Center

The Effects of Hosting Events on Destination Branding: Dubai Expo 2020

Background - This paper evaluates the effects of events on the destination brand of Dubai as it prepares to host the Expo 2020. Destination branding assists in understanding the city’s strong “assets” and their impact on the upcoming Expo.Purpose – The purpose of the study is to understand how large events impact development of a city’s brand. Based on the results, conclusions can be made on whether the efforts for the Expo will have a lasting impact on Dubai’s destination brand.Methodology – The methodology acquires information about the effects of hosting events on Dubai’s destination brand through the analysis of the Expo 2020. Primary research, primarily in-depth interviews, bring perspective from industry professionals about destination branding, event management, and their economic implications. The Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) and other comparative models are utilized to understand correlations and applications to the Expo 2020.Findings – The paper considers the preliminary efforts of Dubai indicating the increased opportunities in the city and excitement in the global community. The results highlight that the successful initiation of Expo 2020 would display Dubai’s capability of hosting events, differentiating it from other cities, and presenting a positive outlook for the economy. Areas that will experience growth include Dubai as a major event venue, a major tourist destination, and an economic hub in the region.Research limitations – This study has been conducted before the official commencement of the Expo 2020 and therefore it gives a “before the event” perspective only. It could be improved by assessing the visitor interest and attitudes after the event and making cause and effect models to develop comprehensive conclusions about the impact.Originality/value – There are limited studies on this topic as World Expos are major events occurring in select cities with economic and infrastructural capabilities. The current research on the impact of events mainly focuses on sports or festivals. Expo 2020 has great importance to Dubai due to its economic and destination brand implications, confirming the uniqueness of the research. Based on the results, future studies can assess large-scale events around the world, present accurate information on the impacts of expos, and enrich destination branding studies.Keywords: Dubai, Destination Branding, Events, Expo 2020, World Expo