2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End? 12.22.11 Scenes from the motion picture "2012." Courtesy Columbia Pictures. Remember the Y2K scare? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the situation. Impressive movie special effects aside, Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know. It will, however, be another winter solstice. Much like Y2K, 2012 has been analyzed and the science of the end of the Earth thoroughly studied. Contrary
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elsevier.com/locate/tourman Progress in Tourism Management Event tourism: Definition, evolution, and research Donald Getzà Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, 2500 University Ave. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Received 24 April 2007; accepted 31 July 2007 Abstract This article reviews ‘event tourism’ as both professional practice and a field of academic study. The origins and evolution of research on event tourism are pinpointed through both chronological and thematic
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Events Management Introduction Recent times have seen events turn into popular vehicles for regeneration of the urban areas and for economic growth and development as well as playing a massive role in reflecting the extensive changes that have taken place in culture and the society (Raj, Walters and Rashid 2008). As a result, the events industry has emerged and grown so large leading to some suggestions that the events management field should become a discipline of its own (Smith 2012). Many countries
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Preparation of Budget of an event For a person new to the financial aspects of running an event, the planning of a budget may not be as easy as it first appears, since a great deal of information has to be collected which might not be obvious at the start. However, the time & effort put into careful preparation of a budget is extremely important to the success of the event. The budget for an event may be no more complicated than a list of revenues & costs, or it may be vastly complicated. Either
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the naked eye from the surface of our planet, but could possibly destroy all biological life as we know it. June 30, 1908 was a quite morning deep in the Siberia tundra, when suddenly an explosion occurred, that would become known as the Tunguska event. In an article written by Jerry Coffey
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Festival and event assignment one Shenzhen International Food festival carnival Name: Yundie Li ID: 21546037 Word count: 1496 Unit code: MGW2200 Tutor name: Rumi Ramkissoon Unit co-ordinator’s name: Judith Mair Date of submission: 26/08/2011 Executive summary It is planning to use foods festival as an example to build event concept, and detailing the purpose, process and the risk of the international food festival. The purpose of this report is developing a concept of event and outlines
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Situation Analysis Due to the fact that Options Weddings & Events has to be built from the ground up on the Indian market, it is essential to research this new environment thoroughly before defining the mission and vision of the company and its strategy. Thus, this chapter will give an overview of the external analysis and will present the information and data about the Indian events market as well as competition and trends in the events branch. 1.1 The market environment and its growth Firstly
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Suzanne Badruk Events Management 5502FDTTEF Friday 23rd November 2012 343987 . Title: Events Management 1.0 This report will look at all aspects of events management it will also investigate the scale and scope of the events industry and the impact it has on economy. Events management has many different processes which are set out in the report. It will also analyse the risk with in an event and government legislations that all event organisers have to follow to ensure the safe running
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International Journal of Event Management Research Volume 6, Number 1, 2011 www.ijemr.org VOLUNTEER SATISFACTION AND INTENT TO REMAIN: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AMONG PROFESSIONAL GOLF EVENT VOLUNTEERS Gina Pauline Syracuse University ABSTRACT Sport events are increasingly reliant on episodic volunteers for the successful delivery of an event. As there continues to exist a surge in the organization of sporting events coupled with the demand for volunteers, event organizers must concern
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Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques 2013, Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages: 46-55 Enviro. Treat. Tech. ISSN: 2309-1185 Journal web link: http://www.jett.dormaj.com Taming the Monster - Attabad Landslide Dam Fiaz Hussain Shah, Arshad Ali*, Muhammad Naseem Baig National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan Received: 06/08/2013 Accepted:28/08/2013 Published: 08/09/2013 Abstract Hindukash - Karakoram - Himalayan (HKH) is a hazard prone region where triggering of
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