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The sustainable festival city and local communities: Engaging secondary stakeholders through placemaking (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L., & Leask, A. (2024, June). The sustainable festival city and local communities: Engaging secondary stakeholders through placemaking. Paper presented at ATLAS Annual Conference 2024 Leisure & Tourism 2030: Navigating the Future, Breda, Netherlands

We will present initial findings from our research which considers how Edinburgh’s (UK) festivals and tourism sectors can deliver sustainable community engagement. Our study applies co-designed participative action research (PAR) (Goebel et al., 2020... Read More about The sustainable festival city and local communities: Engaging secondary stakeholders through placemaking.

Goal Congruence in Place Branding (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., & Dinnie, K. (2022, October). Goal Congruence in Place Branding. Paper presented at International Place Branding Association Conference, Aix-en-Provence, France

Engaging local residents as stakeholders in World Heritage Sites (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A. (2022, March). Engaging local residents as stakeholders in World Heritage Sites. Paper presented at New Lanark: A living legacy Anniversary Conference, New Lanark, UK

This paper explores how local residents engage in the management of World Heritage Sites, with specific examples from New Lanark and Edinburgh Old and New Towns World Heritage sites.

Senior Visitors to Attractions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2018, April). Senior Visitors to Attractions. Paper presented at Scottish Museums Federation Annual Conference, Stirling

No abstract available.

Materiality, memories and lived event tourism experiences (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L., Leask, A., & Ensor, J. (2017, June). Materiality, memories and lived event tourism experiences. Presented at Critical Tourism Studies: Understand Tourism- Change Tourism, Understand Ourselves - Change Ourselves

Our paper furthers understanding of lived experiences in tourism settings as remembered by informants. We propose the value of a phenomenological ‘artefact elicitation’ method in revealing rich insights into informants’ recollections of their lived t... Read More about Materiality, memories and lived event tourism experiences.

Management Challenges at Film-Induced Tourism Heritage Attractions. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bakiewicz, J., & Leask, A. (2016, May). Management Challenges at Film-Induced Tourism Heritage Attractions. Paper presented at IACuDiT 3rd International Conference -Tourism, Culture and Heritage in a Smart Economy, Athens, Greece

No abstract available.

The Way Forward for Mapping and Safeguarding ICH: The Scottish Experience (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A., Leask, A., Bowers, A., & McCleery, A. (2015, June). The Way Forward for Mapping and Safeguarding ICH: The Scottish Experience. Paper presented at ICOMOS-UK Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland

No abstract available.

Exploring film induced tourism implications on onsite heritage interpretation at heritage visitor attractions (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bakiewicz, J., & Leask, A. (2014). Exploring film induced tourism implications on onsite heritage interpretation at heritage visitor attractions. In M. Kozak, & N. Kozak (Eds.), 7th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism Hospitality and Leisure

Intorduction The previous research in the area of film induced tourism, although widely acknowledged, was not concerned with built heritage sites which have inherent restrictions and specific audiences and are more challenging in terms of their mana... Read More about Exploring film induced tourism implications on onsite heritage interpretation at heritage visitor attractions.

A case study of employee engagement in the hospitality industry (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barron, P., & Leask, A. (2013, May). A case study of employee engagement in the hospitality industry. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education, 22nd Annual Research Conference

No abstract available.

Engaging with Gen Y at museum events (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., Barron, P., & Todd, L. (2012, June). Engaging with Gen Y at museum events. Paper presented at International Conference on Tourism & Events: Opportunities, Impacts and Change,, Belfast, Northern Ireland

No abstract available.

Gen Y: The Impact of Generational Changes in Consumer Behaviour on the Marketing of Tourist Attractions (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., Barron, P., & Ensor, J. (2012). Gen Y: The Impact of Generational Changes in Consumer Behaviour on the Marketing of Tourist Attractions.

This research study compares and contrasts the marketing strategies adopted by operators of tourist attractions aiming to engage effectively with Generation Y (Gen Y) consumers. Gen Y is widely regarded as the next big lifelong cohort with its own un... Read More about Gen Y: The Impact of Generational Changes in Consumer Behaviour on the Marketing of Tourist Attractions.

Place, values, process and benefits: accounting for the social and cultural future of festivals (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., Rogers, P., & Robertson, M. (2008). Place, values, process and benefits: accounting for the social and cultural future of festivals. In Proceeding of the EUTO Conference 2008, 437-469

This paper presents outcomes from a project established at the Centre for Festival and Event Management (CFEM) at Napier University Business School. This set out to advance the methodologies and knowledge base of socio-cultural festival evaluation a... Read More about Place, values, process and benefits: accounting for the social and cultural future of festivals.

The Effective Management of Heritage Visitor Attractions (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A. (2008, June). The Effective Management of Heritage Visitor Attractions. Presented at Heritage Tourism Conference, Brigham Young University, Jerusalem

Invited speaker

Pricing Heritage: Are they really doing it better over there? (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A. (2004, September). Pricing Heritage: Are they really doing it better over there?. Presented at Practical Challenges for the Museum and Heritage Sector,, University of Greenwich, London

No abstract available.

World Heritage Site Designation and Implications (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2000, September). World Heritage Site Designation and Implications. Paper presented at Tourism 2000 Conference, Sheffield, UK

No abstract available.

Scottish Visitor Attractions - Projections for the Millennium (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Garrod, B. (2000, September). Scottish Visitor Attractions - Projections for the Millennium. Paper presented at Tourism 2000 Conference, Sheffield, UK

No abstract available.

Unusual Venues as Conference Facilities (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., & Hood, G. (2000, February). Unusual Venues as Conference Facilities. Paper presented at Convention/Expo VII, Las Vegas, USA

No abstract available.