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Visitor attraction management: a critical review of research 2009-2014 (2016)
Journal Article
Leask, A. (2016). Visitor attraction management: a critical review of research 2009-2014. Tourism Management, 57, 334-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.06.015

Research publications focussing on visitor attractions have increased in recent years, with articles sourced from an increasingly broad range of disciplines and fields of study. Key findings include a reduced reliance on case study and qualitative re... Read More about Visitor attraction management: a critical review of research 2009-2014.

Destination Organisations Fit for Purpose and Ready for What the Future Holds? (2016)
Report
Anastasiadou, C. (2016). Destination Organisations Fit for Purpose and Ready for What the Future Holds?. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

Destination Management/Marketing Organisations are a common feature in tourism administration, destination development and promotion. Engaging with local industry, they often act as a focal point that unifies diverse local interests and they are also... Read More about Destination Organisations Fit for Purpose and Ready for What the Future Holds?.

Symbolic, Experiential and Functional Consumptions of Heritage Tourism Destinations: The Case of Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia: Heritage Destination Consumption (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, C.-F., Phou, S., & Leask, A. (2016). Symbolic, Experiential and Functional Consumptions of Heritage Tourism Destinations: The Case of Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia: Heritage Destination Consumption. International Journal of Tourism Research, 18(6), 602-611. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2077

This study empirically investigates the effects of three destination consumptions (namely symbolic, experiential and functional) on tourists’ destination attachment and satisfaction, and further on destination loyalty at a heritage tourism destinatio... Read More about Symbolic, Experiential and Functional Consumptions of Heritage Tourism Destinations: The Case of Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia: Heritage Destination Consumption.

Measurement and evaluation - Industry Voice. (2016)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M. (2016). Measurement and evaluation - Industry Voice. In Sport Facility and Event Management (270-271). 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) and sometimes affecting midrange plan (i.e, those occurring within 3 to 5 y... Read More about Measurement and evaluation - Industry Voice..

Destination dynamics in Russia - tourism development and public-private partnership in four non-metropolitan destinations (2016)
Report
Halkier, H., Muller, D., Anastasiadou, C., Kiriyanova, L., Goncharova, N., Kagan, F., Kolupanova, I., Dunets, A., Yumatov, Surtseva, A., Gizey, Y., Yakimova, N., Benson, A., Brathwaite, T., & Mair, M. (2016). Destination dynamics in Russia - tourism development and public-private partnership in four non-metropolitan destinations. Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark: Tourism and Lifelong Learning (TOULL) project

A Tale of Two Cities: Building Collaboration with an International Partner (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jarman, D. (2016, January). A Tale of Two Cities: Building Collaboration with an International Partner. Paper presented at Teaching Fellows Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

This talk allowed the opportunity to examine and share the relationship I had built up with Breda University in The Netherlands. Over several years it has resulted in scores of their students visiting Edinburgh on study trips, visits by me to Breda i... Read More about A Tale of Two Cities: Building Collaboration with an International Partner.

Enhancing the tourist heritage experience through "In-Situ" customisable, 3D printed souvenirs. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C., Foster, S. V., & Calder, L. (2015, November). Enhancing the tourist heritage experience through "In-Situ" customisable, 3D printed souvenirs. Presented at Heritage Tourism and Hospitlaity International Conference

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation
of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically
throwaway, low quality, mass manufacture... Read More about Enhancing the tourist heritage experience through "In-Situ" customisable, 3D printed souvenirs..

Technology, society, and visioning the future of music festivals (2015)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Yeoman, I., Smith, K. A., & McMahon-Beattie, U. (2015). Technology, society, and visioning the future of music festivals. Event Management, 19(4), 567-587. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599515X14465748774001

Many music festivals fail because the experiences offered do not ensure relevance and meaning to the attendee. Engagement with new and virtual landscapes and with the enhanced sensory feelings and imaginations that technologies can offer may alleviat... Read More about Technology, society, and visioning the future of music festivals.

Destination Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore (2015)
Journal Article
Todd, L., Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2015). Destination Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore. Tourism Analysis, 20(6), 593-605. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354215x14464845877832

This paper presents a comparative study of the destination competitiveness of Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau and those strategies developed to enhance their future position in the global destination “marketplace”. The methodology adopted is secondary... Read More about Destination Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore.

Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable, 3D printed Souvenirs (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Forster, S., & Anastasiadou, C. (2015, November). Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable, 3D printed Souvenirs. Presented at HTHIC2015

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically throwaway, low quality, mass manufactured... Read More about Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable, 3D printed Souvenirs.

Leisure Retail 'Retailtainment': Orchard Road and Little India. Case Study developed for: Executive Development Programme: Sustainable Place Management through Experience Engineering, Delivered by Edinburgh Napier University [ENU], with the Association of Singapore Attractions [ASA], for the Workforce Development Agency [WDA], Singapore 28th, 29th and 30th July 2015. (2015)
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Todd, L. (2015). Leisure Retail 'Retailtainment': Orchard Road and Little India. Case Study developed for: Executive Development Programme: Sustainable Place Management through Experience Engineering, Delivered by Edinburgh Napier University [ENU], with the Association of Singapore Attractions [ASA], for the Workforce Development Agency [WDA], Singapore 28th, 29th and 30th July 2015. Singapore

Case Study developed for: Executive Development Programme: Sustainable Place Management through Experience Engineering, Delivered by Edinburgh Napier University [ENU], with the Association of Singapore Attractions [ASA], for the Workforce Development... Read More about Leisure Retail 'Retailtainment': Orchard Road and Little India. Case Study developed for: Executive Development Programme: Sustainable Place Management through Experience Engineering, Delivered by Edinburgh Napier University [ENU], with the Association of Singapore Attractions [ASA], for the Workforce Development Agency [WDA], Singapore 28th, 29th and 30th July 2015..

Exploring cultural aspects of student mobility – what do we know about students’ perceptions of their own and host culture of learning. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M. (2015, May). Exploring cultural aspects of student mobility – what do we know about students’ perceptions of their own and host culture of learning. Paper presented at SEDA Spring Teaching Learning and Assessment Conference 2015: Internationalising the Curriculum: What does this mean? How can we achieve it?

In an increasingly globalised education, with universities aiming to develop student mobility through exchange and study abroad programmes (Sweeney 2012), this study used the experiences of UK students in China and Chinese students in the UK to explo... Read More about Exploring cultural aspects of student mobility – what do we know about students’ perceptions of their own and host culture of learning..

From destination management organisations to destination organisations in Scotland and Denmark: multi-level governance versus localism (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C., & Halkier, H. (2014, October). From destination management organisations to destination organisations in Scotland and Denmark: multi-level governance versus localism. Presented at 23rd Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research

Although a lot of previous research on destination management had focused on the relevance of destination marketing organisations in improving destination competitiveness (Pike & Page, 2014), increasingly reforms on destination governance have shifte... Read More about From destination management organisations to destination organisations in Scotland and Denmark: multi-level governance versus localism.