Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights: Volume 4 Issue 2

Guest editorial for JHTI Vol 4 Issue 2 2021

Jeeyeon Jeannie Hahm, Karin Weber, Donald Getz, Rhodri Thomas

A cannabis festival in urban space: visitors' motivation and travel activity

Soo K. Kang, Jaeseok Lee

The present study aimed at classifying cannabis festival attendees based on their motivation and travel activities, profiling the resultant latent groups with demographic and…

Behavioral study of social media followers of a music event: a case study of a Chinese music festival

Yunxi Chen, Weng Si (Clara) Lei

With the increasing importance of social media in promoting events, understanding the relationship between event followers' motivations and their behaviors on an event's social…

Virtual site visits for meeting and event planning: are US convention facilities ready?

Inna Soifer, Katerina Berezina, Olena Ciftci, Alexander Mafusalov

This study aims to explore virtual site visit adoption patterns of US convention facilities based on the diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory. Additionally, it offers predictive…

“I am not a party planner!”: setting a baseline for event planners' professional identity construction before and during COVID-19

Sandra Sun-Ah Ponting

The event management (EM) industry has attempted to elevate the professional status of event professionals. Contributing to these efforts, this study explores the professional…

Events management as a community of practice

Tim Brown, Peter Stokes

This paper examines events management as a Community of Practice (CoP) and to demonstrate that knowledge management and practice within events operate as a CoP. The paper adds to…