As events research & Event Management Journal journal fast grows… …so does ICE2023, now in 6th ed! Diverse topics, supportive, & I will share thoughts on the future of conceptualising events & events research—come join us in this beautiful city 🙌 Abstracts 1 Mar: makingwavesinevents.org/warsaw-2023

Open access (OA), which is affordable, is an important goal for us all. That’s why, as of today, we will be charging $200 USD to publish OA in Event Management (Event Management Journal). Typical OA= $1-3k. Key for inclusion, visibility, to readership etc etc (see nature.com/articles/49542…).

This line is so memorable for a reason. It's a perfect use of "antimetabole" - the repetition of a phrase with its word order reversed. Here are 8 more memorable rhetorical devices:

Another jammed packed Las Vegas themed day UCF Rosen College — welcoming 100+ employers, from Marriott Hotels to Mike to meet, share expertise, interview our students & learn about the work we do… …all organised by our events students for our #EventPlanning course 🙌🙌

It was a pleasure to host you Guangzhou Chen UCF Rosen College — and if anyone in our field would like visit us in Orlando and talk research / eat and drink good food, you will have a warm welcome!!

International friends & colleagues, come join us in sunny Orlando for a weekend of good conversation on the resilience, recovery, & reshaping of our industry, with a strong events/festivals research focus. I will also be tying in our Event Management Journal Journal Annual Board Meeting too🙌

🎉NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! Volume 27, Number 2, 2023 SPECIAL ISSUE: Revisiting Value Cocreation and Codestruction in Events Guest Editors: Iride Azara, Nikolaos Pappas, and Eleni Michopoulou 👇 ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/em… Cognizant Communication Corporation

Are you interested in the intersect between tourism & cities? 12 years later, & after Prof Greg Ashworth’s passing in 2016, Prof Stephen Page & I have written a follow up piece to Ashworth & Page’s (2011) influential piece: “Urban tourism research: Recent progress and current

A big congrats to all senior execs who were inducted into the UCF Business ‘Hall of Fame’ tonight & a productive evening with Alan Fyall & Adrien Bouchet talking future sports, events & hospitality collaborations between UCF Rosen College & UCF DeVos Program✌️

Video overview👇& read for free: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gzVwaZ3EfElc (doi.org/10.1016/j.anna…) As scholar of events I have sometimes found it tricky to explain why a tourism journal should accept my work.. ...but events-related research has made a delightful, diverse, & significant

Elsevier made £2.9bn last year, w/ close to 40% profit margin, & charges £2000 - 4000 open access. I am proud that Event Management Journal is owned by a small family-run publisher which charges $200 open access. The tide is turning & a lot of us feel the same: theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

choo choo! It’s been way too long Prof Sally Everett 🏳️‍🌈🐶!!! Can’t wait for us all to get together this evening/week! 🙌

CfP Accessible Tourism Geographies and Disability Mobilities Special issue in Tourism Geographies by #JillianRickly and I. See LinkedIn post below for more info or get in touch directly. Mary Mostafanezhad J.M. Cheer #accessibility #Disability #Mobility linkedin.com/posts/marcus-h…

Mega events can disrupt systems of ableist thinking Japan utilised #Tokyo2020 to improve accessibility for & acceptance toward persons w/ disabilities But over-emphasis on physical as opposed to attitudinal change =‘disability-attitude gap’ Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Stephen & I are pleased to share a new Special Issue Call on ‘MEGA EVENTS & TOURISM DEVELOPMENT’ in Tourism Management — details & deadlines👇