Podcast blurb: Emma talks to Mike about the nature, characteristics, and challenges impacting the MICE industry.

Emma’s bio: Emma Delaney is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey. Emma’s email is: E.delaney@surrey.ac.uk and LinkedIn is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-nolan-256a5573/. Emma has 25 years’ experience as an event management practitioner and an academic and has worked in visitor attractions, theatres and multi-purpose venues, for diverse clients from the International Brotherhood of Magicians to the Labour Party. Emma’s research interests surround the relationship between convention bureaus and professional conference organisers as well as destination management for MICE tourism.

Further reading and resources:

Journals: Event Management, Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, and International Journal of Business Events and Legacies.

Textbooks:

Conferences and Conventions: a Global Industry, 4th edn., by Tony Rogers and Peter Wynn-Moylan. (Routledge).

Business Events, 2nd edn., by Rob Davidson (Routledge)

Planning and Management of Meetings, Expositions, Events and Conventions (Global Edition), by George G Fenich (Pearson).

The Routledge Handbook of Business Events, Charles Arcodia (Ed) (Routledge).

Marketing Destinations and Venues for Conferences, Conventions and Business Events, by Tony Rogers and Rob Davidson (Routledge).

The Business and Management of Convention and Visitor Bureaus - a Global Approach, by Krzysztof Celuch (Goodfellow).

Business Event Legacies: Global Industry Case Studies, by Foley, Edwards and Weber (Goodfellow).

Industry Sources:

https://www.iccaworld.org/

https://www.mia-uk.org/

https://imexamerica.com/

https://meetings.skift.com/