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Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs

Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., Vettese, S., & Calder, L. (2018)
Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs. In L. Egberts, & M. D. Alvarez (Eds.), Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age, (151-171). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789462985353
This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to...

Expert opinion: Trends and future of events.

Book Chapter
Robertson, M. (2016)
Expert opinion: Trends and future of events. In D. Getz, & S. Page (Eds.), Event studies: theory, research and policy for planned events. , (84-87). (3). Abingdon, Oxon, England: Taylor & Francis
No abstract available.

Measurement and evaluation - Industry Voice.

Book Chapter
Robertson, M. (2016)
Measurement and evaluation - Industry Voice. In Sport Facility and Event Management (270-271). Burlington, USA: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Evaluation is - and has been - vital in furthering the knowledge of the event manager, with findings sometimes affecting immediate plans (i.e., those occurring within 2 year) ...

Events, Visitor Attractions and The Event Attraction Continuum

Book Chapter
Weidenfeld, A., & Leask, A. (2016)
Events, Visitor Attractions and The Event Attraction Continuum. In A. Weidenfeld, R. Butler, & A. M. Williams (Eds.), Visitor Attractions and Events: Locations and LinkagesTaylor & Francis
No abstract available.

Exploring film-induced tourism implications for onsite heritage interpretation at Alnwick Castle.

Book Chapter
Bakiewicz, J., Leask, A., Barron, P., & Rakić, T. (2015)
Exploring film-induced tourism implications for onsite heritage interpretation at Alnwick Castle. In M. Kozak, & N. Kozak (Eds.), Destination Marketing: international perspectivesRoutledge
No abstract available. Exploring film-induced tourism implications for onsite heritage interpretation at Alnwick Castle.

Mobility, tourism

Book Chapter
Hannam, K., & Paris, C. M. (2015)
Mobility, tourism. Encyclopedia of Tourism, 1-2. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_408-1
Entry exert - "Ostensibly tourism can be seen as a form of mobility on a continuum where it involves a temporary overnight stay in a destination that is not home, in contrast ...

Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures

Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., & Wheatley, C. (2014)
Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. M. -. Beattie, E. Backer, & K. A. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals. , (271-314). Oxon, UK: Taylor & Francis
The future cannot be forecasted with a high degree of certainty and precision (Eden and Ackermann 1998); however, understanding the environment and context as explanation is a...

Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals.

Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Brown, S. (2014)
Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events & Festivals. , (219-235). Oxon, UK: Taylor & Francis
Introduction David Bowie’s 1974 album Diamond Dogs offered a dystopian vision of the world in which ‘. . . fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats and ten thous...

Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe

Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., McMahon-Beattie, U., & Musarurwa, N. (2014)
Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals. , (36-50). (1). Oxon, UK: Taylor & Francis
Introduction: a tipping point The power of festivals and events is multifarious. As both historic artefacts and barometers of current beliefs, opinions and the state of societ...

Tourism Mobilities

Book Chapter
Hannam, K. (2016)
Tourism Mobilities. In A. A. Lew, C. Michael Hall, & A. M. Williams (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism, (78-87). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118474648.ch6
Tourism mobilities emphasize the complex interrelationships involved in the movement of people as well as material and nonmaterial things at different scales. This chapter out...