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The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city (2024)
Journal Article
Piccio, B., Todd, L., & Robertson, M. (2024). The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city. Tourism Management Perspectives, 54, Article 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2024.101317

This paper explores issues women face in achieving leadership positions in the festivals sector, and their experiences of gender inequality. The setting is Edinburgh, the UK's leading festivals' tourism destination. Underpinned by feminist research,... Read More about The festival industry and gender inequality: the case of Edinburgh, the world's leading festival city.

Introducing hospitable destinations (2024)
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Anastasiadou, C., Lugosi, P., & Todd, L. (2024). Introducing hospitable destinations. Hospitality and Society, 14(2), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00082_2

This editorial introduces the concept of hospitable destinations and sets the context for the Special Issue articles. It begins by exploring the complex nature of destinations more generally and highlighting their links with place. The discussion the... Read More about Introducing hospitable destinations.

‘Welcome to Dounreay’: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960 - 2007 (2024)
Journal Article
Mercer-Jones, E. (2024). ‘Welcome to Dounreay’: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960 - 2007. Hospitality and Society, 14, 217-246. https://doi.org/10.1386/hosp_00077_1

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment (NPDE) was built in the far northeast of Scotland due to the possible ‘misbehaviour’ of the technology and the dangerous nature of the materials involved. From 1960 to the eve of decommissioning in 200... Read More about ‘Welcome to Dounreay’: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960 - 2007.

Social media, Mental health and Equestrian events (2024)
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Snell, S., Jepson, A., Stadler, R., Walters, T., Dashper, K., Spencer, N., & Bhatia, P. (2024). Social media, Mental health and Equestrian events. Event Management, 28(8), 1149-1165. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17135753220147

Many studies have investigated the benefits and drawbacks of social media, but the impact it has on amateur sports participants who use it as part of their practice has been largely overlooked. This study addresses this gap, investigating the impacts... Read More about Social media, Mental health and Equestrian events.

The origin story: behind the scenes of food festivals (2023)
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Orea-Giner, A., Fusté-Forné, F., & Todd, L. (2024). The origin story: behind the scenes of food festivals. Event Management, 28(4), 585-598. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599523X16957834460312

The relationships between food festivals and food storytelling have been scarcely explored by previous research. Nevertheless, these relationships are a source of memorable experiences, based on the authenticity of food places and stories. Drawing on... Read More about The origin story: behind the scenes of food festivals.

Transcultural awareness and multimodality in YouTube videos among international students in higher education, Thailand (2023)
Journal Article
Sangiamchit, C., & Victoria, M. (2023). Transcultural awareness and multimodality in YouTube videos among international students in higher education, Thailand. Journal of Language and Culture, 42(1), 178-208

YouTube is one of the biggest and most popular global online video sharing and social media platforms. Owing to its multimodal features and rich user generated contents covering hugely diverse themes, it has the power to bring together billions of vi... Read More about Transcultural awareness and multimodality in YouTube videos among international students in higher education, Thailand.

Guest editorial: Special issue introduction repurposing and repositioning events: real, responsible and revolutionary futures (2023)
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Abreu Novais, M., Ali-Knight, J., Holmes, K., Lockstone-Binney, L., Robertson, M., & Stewart, H. (2023). Guest editorial: Special issue introduction repurposing and repositioning events: real, responsible and revolutionary futures. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 14(2), 137-140. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-05-2023-100

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Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh festivals (2023)
Journal Article
Ali-Knight, J., Kerr, G., Stewart, H., & Holmes, K. (2023). Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh festivals. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 14(2), 170-188. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-08-2022-0068

Purpose
In this paper, we explore how Edinburgh’s key Festivals have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their response presents the emergence of more innovative festival delivery models and a different imagining of the festival space.

Design/met... Read More about Festival hiatus, resilience and innovation during COVID-19: learnings from the Edinburgh festivals.

The Semiotic Paradigm for Deconstructing Event Design and Meaning (2023)
Journal Article
Viol, M., Todd, L., & Anastasiadou, C. (2023). The Semiotic Paradigm for Deconstructing Event Design and Meaning. Event Management, 27(7), 1063-1079. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599523X16847420514728

Festivals and events convey a range of historical, political, social and cultural signs and meanings, however, there remains limited methodological guidance for understanding these. This paper proposes semiotics as a valuable yet underappreciated and... Read More about The Semiotic Paradigm for Deconstructing Event Design and Meaning.

Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall (2023)
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Viol, M., Anastasiadou, C., Todd, L., & Theodoraki, E. (2024). Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Leisure Studies, 43(1), 153-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215468

Historically, researchers have studied commemorative events primarily for their political role in the (re)construction of contested national collective memories and identities, but globalisation, social justice movements, multiculturalism and regiona... Read More about Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Developing a tourism region through tourism and culture: bordering, branding, placemaking and governance processes (2023)
Journal Article
King, B., Richards, G., & Chu, A. (online). Developing a tourism region through tourism and culture: bordering, branding, placemaking and governance processes. Tourism Recreation Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2207156

China’s pre-pandemic national-level planning advocated a combination of culture and tourism to advance growth in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) mega-region. Culture is seen as increasing regional cohesion, with multi-destination travel products connectin... Read More about Developing a tourism region through tourism and culture: bordering, branding, placemaking and governance processes.

Cruise revenue management: Cross-discipline literature review and development of an integrated cruise revenue management framework (2023)
Journal Article
Chu, A., & Hsu, C. (2023). Cruise revenue management: Cross-discipline literature review and development of an integrated cruise revenue management framework. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 35(10), 3542-3569. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-07-2022-0838

Purpose: The study aims to adopt a holistic approach to understand cruise revenue management (RM) practices that cover ticket and onboard revenues, through a cross-disciplinary literature review and practitioner interviews. An integrated cruise RM fr... Read More about Cruise revenue management: Cross-discipline literature review and development of an integrated cruise revenue management framework.

EU Tourism and Student Identities in a pre-Brexit UK (2023)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., Pilcher, N., Gutu, M., & Panyik, E. (2023). EU Tourism and Student Identities in a pre-Brexit UK. Annals of Tourism Research, 99, Article 103545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103545

The EU has long advocated cultural tourism to construct a shared, supranational European identity. Drawing on data collected prior to the UK Brexit referendum, the paper compares EU discourse in selected tourism policy documents, and the travel exper... Read More about EU Tourism and Student Identities in a pre-Brexit UK.

Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Wyatt, B., Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2024). Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences. Journal of Travel Research, 63(2), 496-516. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875221151074

This study explores the perspectives of re-enactor tour guides (RTG) concerning their role and re-enactment of dark histories—an overlooked topic within dark tourism research. A conceptual model is proposed that reflects the role of RTGs and how they... Read More about Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences.

Holocaust heritage digilantism on Instagram (2022)
Journal Article
Wight, C., & Stanley, P. (2024). Holocaust heritage digilantism on Instagram. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(6), 1316-1330. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2153994

Discursive, netnographic and visual methods have been applied in the past to critique self-images, providing insight into the behaviours of tourists. However, such studies have ignored reactions to self-image posts on social media, and particularly t... Read More about Holocaust heritage digilantism on Instagram.

“Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival (2022)
Journal Article
Kerr, G., Whittle, E., & Navin, M. (2022). “Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival. Journal of Science Communication, 21(06), Article R07

‘Be the change’ (BTC) was the theme for Cheltenham Science Festival. BTC set out to empower audiences as individuals and as a collective to enact positive change across a wide range of global issues linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We... Read More about “Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival.

Investigating the motivations and preferences of Chinese cruise travelers amid COVID-19 (2022)
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Chu, A., & Tung, V. (2023). Investigating the motivations and preferences of Chinese cruise travelers amid COVID-19. Journal of China Tourism Research, 19(1), 92-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2022.2103606

The literature on cruise tourism is primarily Western-focused, which could differ compared to those in Asia Pacific. To address this gap, this study combines motivation and cruise preferences for a better understanding of repeated Chinese cruisers am... Read More about Investigating the motivations and preferences of Chinese cruise travelers amid COVID-19.

Levelling the playing field: lessons from sport on re-framing science engagement as a benefit to the individual (2022)
Journal Article
Keith, L., & Kerr, G. (2022). Levelling the playing field: lessons from sport on re-framing science engagement as a benefit to the individual. Journal of Science Communication, 21(4), Article A03. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21040203

The workforces of the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) industries suffer from skills gaps and lack diversity. Science engagement activities e.g. science festivals, often try to solve these problems through targeting audiences und... Read More about Levelling the playing field: lessons from sport on re-framing science engagement as a benefit to the individual.

The ‘Senses Framework’: A relationship-centred approach to co-producing dementia events in order to allow people to live well after a dementia diagnosis (2021)
Journal Article
Stewart, H., Ali-Knight, J., Stephen, S., & Kerr, G. (2022). The ‘Senses Framework’: A relationship-centred approach to co-producing dementia events in order to allow people to live well after a dementia diagnosis. Event Management, 26(1), 157-175. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599521X16192004803683

Dementia is a progressive disorder that affects how the brain works, and in particular the ability to remember, think and reason. It affects speech, mood, mobility, behavior and how people perceive and respond to the world around them. Contemporary a... Read More about The ‘Senses Framework’: A relationship-centred approach to co-producing dementia events in order to allow people to live well after a dementia diagnosis.