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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.

Engaging the multi-generational workforce in tourism and hospitality (2014)
Journal Article
Barron, P., Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2014). Engaging the multi-generational workforce in tourism and hospitality. Tourism Review, 69(4), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-04-2014-0017

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to present strategies that hospitality and tourism organisations might adopt as a means of encouraging employee engagement, thus enabling the more effective management of an increasingly multi-generational work... Read More about Engaging the multi-generational workforce in tourism and hospitality.

Comparison of the effects of active, passive and mixed warm ups on swimming performance. (2014)
Journal Article
Adams, S., & Psycharakis, S. (2014). Comparison of the effects of active, passive and mixed warm ups on swimming performance. Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 54(5), 559-565

AIM: The aim of this paper was to compare the effects of an active (AWU), passive (PWU) and mixed warm up (MWU) on swimming performance. METHODS: Eight male competitive swimmers completed each type of WU and, following a 20-minute rest, performed a m... Read More about Comparison of the effects of active, passive and mixed warm ups on swimming performance..

Relationships between travel habits and European identity formation. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C., & Panyik, E. (2014, October). Relationships between travel habits and European identity formation. Presented at 24th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research

For the first time in the history of the EU, the Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force in 2009, established direct legal base for Community measures with supporting competence in the area of tourism (European Commission, 2007a). This new political... Read More about Relationships between travel habits and European identity formation..

The carnivalesque and event evolution: a study of the Beltane Fire Festival (2014)
Journal Article
Matheson, C. M., & Tinsley, R. (2016). The carnivalesque and event evolution: a study of the Beltane Fire Festival. Leisure Studies, 35(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.962591

This paper centres on the Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. The objectives are to: first, identify the stages of the festival’s evolution and their respective characteristics; second, distinguish features corresponding to the carnivalesqu... Read More about The carnivalesque and event evolution: a study of the Beltane Fire Festival.

Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe (2014)
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). Routledge

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 society, events and festivals can be inordinately useful tools. Festivals have al... Read More about Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe.

Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures (2014)
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). Routledge

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 purposeful way to examine the future. In the future studies literature (Ye... Read More about Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures.

Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals. (2014)
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). Routledge

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 thousand peoploids split into small tribes coveting the highest of the sterile s... Read More about Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals..

Changes in Club Head Trajectory and Planarity Throughout the Golf Swing (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, A., McGrath, D., & Wallace, E. (2014, July). Changes in Club Head Trajectory and Planarity Throughout the Golf Swing. Presented at The Engineering of Sport 10. Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association 2014, Sheffield, UK

This paper investigates the planarity and changes in club head trajectory throughout the golf swing. Four male, highly skilled golfers were captured hitting 40 shots using an optical motion capture system. Planes were fitted to four phases of the gol... Read More about Changes in Club Head Trajectory and Planarity Throughout the Golf Swing.

Creativity, self-expression and leisure (2014)
Journal Article
Whiting, J., & Hannam, K. (2015). Creativity, self-expression and leisure. Leisure Studies, 34(3), 372-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.923494

The links between creativity, self-expression and leisure practices are underexplored within leisure literature. Despite research that documents the centrality of leisure as a worked-at process of self-actualisation and self-identity, the practice of... Read More about Creativity, self-expression and leisure.

Exploring film induced tourism implications on onsite heritage interpretation at heritage visitor attractions (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bakiewicz, J., & Leask, A. (2014, June). Exploring film induced tourism implications on onsite heritage interpretation at heritage visitor attractions. Presented at 7th World Conference for 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.

An Exploration of a Niche Sport Event’s Role in Visitors’ Perception of a Rural Destination: The Case of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (2014)
Journal Article
Robertson, M., Newland, B. L., & Darby, P. (2014). An Exploration of a Niche Sport Event’s Role in Visitors’ Perception of a Rural Destination: The Case of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. International journal of sport management, 15(2), 193-218

This article investigates whether a niche sport event in a rural location influences visitor perceptions of a destination. The work explores how rural sport events can affect tourism. To better understand rural sport tourism, a case study of the UCI... Read More about An Exploration of a Niche Sport Event’s Role in Visitors’ Perception of a Rural Destination: The Case of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.

Tourism Mobilities (2014)
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 outlines some key aspects of research into tourism mobilities in terms of firs... Read More about Tourism Mobilities.

Spiritual attitudes and visitor motivations at the Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh (2014)
Journal Article
Matheson, C. M., Rimmer, R., & Tinsley, R. (2014). Spiritual attitudes and visitor motivations at the Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh. Tourism Management, 44, 16-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.01.023

Outside the peak season for tourism to Edinburgh, Scotland, during the evening of April 30th, visitors attend a festival with ancient Celtic overtones. Frequently, the evening is cold and windy. Our objectives are to: identify motivations for attendi... Read More about Spiritual attitudes and visitor motivations at the Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh.

The Motives of Ambassadors in Bidding for International Association Meetings and Events (2014)
Journal Article
Lockstone-Binney, L., Whitelaw, P., Robertson, M., Junek, O., & Michael, I. (2014). The Motives of Ambassadors in Bidding for International Association Meetings and Events. Event Management, 18(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599514x13883555341931

As destinations contest the rights to host international association-based meetings and events, competitive points of difference in the bidding process can mean the success or loss of a bid. One of these points of difference has been the growth of am... Read More about The Motives of Ambassadors in Bidding for International Association Meetings and Events.