Emerging Venue Considerations for Event Management: The Case of Ireland
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Research Approach
3.2. Questionnaire Design
3.3. Sampling
3.4. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
4.1. COVID-19 Monitoring and Risk Assessment for Event Venues
“We are obliged to add a covid compliance manager to the teams on events which is an extra consideration regarding budgets. Regular health and safety management is not being adhered to as much, now that COVID-19 has to be considered and managed. We implement measures of hand washing, social distancing, contact tracing, record keeping” (Respondent 13)
4.2. Event Venue Risk Mitigation Procedures for COVID-19
“This comes down to venue size vs. the number or attendees. We also need to ensure the correct number of tables are available for each event” (Respondent 11)
“For corporations staff safety, the general public are more likely to take risks. Corporations want negative tests and vaccinated people working and attending” (Respondent 7)
5. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Event Venue Considerations | ||
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-When planning events, do you now monitor areas at your event that may be a cause for concern with respect to Covid-19? | ||
-COVID-19 considerations featuring heavily within event risk assessment. | ||
-Procedures to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 at the event venue/site. | ||
-Procedures to mitigate the risk of infected people from entering the event venue/site. | ||
-Procedures in place to minimize transmission of COVID-19 from person to person within event venues/sites:
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-Willingness to attend small scale events (less than 500 people) in light of COVID-19 in the future. | ||
-Willingness to attend medium-scale events (more than 500 people, but less than 5000 people) in light of COVID-19 in the future. | ||
-Willingness to attend large scale events (more than 5000 people) in light of COVID-19 in the future. | ||
-Key considerations for event attendees to attend and engage with event spaces moving forward in a post COVID-19 era. | ||
-Willingness of clients to engage with event management services as a result of COVID-19. |
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Melly, D.; McLoughlin, E.; Maguire, K. Emerging Venue Considerations for Event Management: The Case of Ireland. Tour. Hosp. 2023, 4, 187-201. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4010011
Melly D, McLoughlin E, Maguire K. Emerging Venue Considerations for Event Management: The Case of Ireland. Tourism and Hospitality. 2023; 4(1):187-201. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4010011
Chicago/Turabian StyleMelly, Domhnall, Emmet McLoughlin, and Kelly Maguire. 2023. "Emerging Venue Considerations for Event Management: The Case of Ireland" Tourism and Hospitality 4, no. 1: 187-201. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4010011