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Events management education.

Book Chapter
Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2011)
Events management education. In The Routledge Handbook of EventsRoutledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203803936.ch30
This chapter considers the development of events management education and the close association that this has with the development of academic research in the events managemen...

Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction.

Journal Article
Garrod, B., Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Reid, E. (2012)
Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction. Tourism Management, 33, 1159-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2011.11.014
While local residents are widely recognised to play a pivotal role in the development and management of destinations, their role in the context of visitor attractions has larg...

After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences?

Journal Article
Easson, H., & Leask, A. (in press)
After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences?. Current Issues in Tourism, 23(11), 1343-1356. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1625875
Cultural heritage is recognised as one of the major contributors to the economy and has traditionally been funded from the public sector. Museums have had to become more comme...

Managing the co-creation of narratives in the heritage sector: The case of the Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh

Book Chapter
Urquhart, E., & Leask, A. (2019)
Managing the co-creation of narratives in the heritage sector: The case of the Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh. In Experiential Consumption and Marketing in Tourism with a Cross-Cultural ContextGoodfellow Publishers
The objectives of this chapter are to: - Link together theoretical approaches to storytelling and narrative creation with the co-creation of heritage experiences; - Identify a...

The development of core concepts of yield management

Journal Article
Leask, A. E., & Yeoman, I. (1999)
The development of core concepts of yield management. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 5(2), 96-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527259908722254
Abstract Yield management offers an Operations Manager a decision support framework for examining the revenue and conservation decision variables that integrate the characteri...

Visitor Management at a World Heritage Site – Skara Brae Prehistoric Village

Book Chapter
Leask, A., & Garrod, B. (2011)
Visitor Management at a World Heritage Site – Skara Brae Prehistoric Village. In B. Garrod, & A. Fyall (Eds.), Contemporary Cases in Tourism
No abstract available

Understanding primary stakeholders' multiple roles in hallmark event tourism management

Journal Article
Todd, L., Leask, A., & Ensor, J. (2017)
Understanding primary stakeholders' multiple roles in hallmark event tourism management. Tourism Management, 59, 494-509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.09.010
This paper contributes insights into stakeholder theory in hallmark event tourism and the implications for engaging primary stakeholders in further tourism management settings...

Destination marketing: Future issues — Strategic challenges

Journal Article
Fyall, A., & Leask, A. (2006)
Destination marketing: Future issues — Strategic challenges. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 7(1), 50-63. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050029
Although pivotal to the travel and tourism system, the destination is widely acknowledged to be one of the most difficult products to manage and market. Over the coming decade...

Events management education

Book Chapter
Barron, P., & Leask, A. (2020)
Events management education. In S. J. Page, & J. Connell (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Events (287-305). (2nd). Abingdon: Routledge
Abstract not available.

Engaging local residents as stakeholders in World Heritage Sites

Presentation / Conference
Leask, A. (2022, March)
Engaging local residents as stakeholders in World Heritage Sites. Paper presented at New Lanark: A living legacy Anniversary Conference, New Lanark, UK
This paper explores how local residents engage in the management of World Heritage Sites, with specific examples from New Lanark and Edinburgh Old and New Towns World Heritag...

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Sustainable festivals and events - an enquiry of leadership and futures

2015 - 2017
As a societal phenomenon, festivals and planned events are discussed in a wide policy context. They have entered a broader discus...
Dr Martin Robertson | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Jane Ali-Knight

The role of interactive technology in the co-creation of experience in Scottish visitor attractions

2014 - 2019
" As a sector that is reliant on the creation and management of memorable experiences, visitor attrac...
Dr Ellis Urquhart | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Dr Ivana Rihova

Heritage interpretation challenges and management issues at film-induced tourism heritage attractions: case studies of Rosslyn Chapel and Alnwick Castle

2011 - 2015
Although previous research has widely acknowledg...
Dr Justyna Bakiewicz | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Paul Barron

An ethnographic interpretation of the work environment within a creative culture in the advertising sector

2009 - 2014
Purpose and rationale The purpose of the exploratory research is to provide a deeper understan...
Dr Christine Band | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

Community, organisational, and technological transitions: Mapping the places and spaces of Edinburgh as the festival city and Scotland's leading tourism destination

2023 - date
Jack Hansen | Director of Studies: Dr Louise Todd | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

A Critical Evaluation of the Factors that Influence Visitor Engagement with UK Slavery Heritage Museums: A Blended Passive Symbolic Netnographic Study

2020 - 2023
There is a substantial body of literature in slave...
Dr Shemroy Roberts | Director of Studies: Dr Craig Wight | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

What is mindfulness – how does it feel and what can it do for interculturality? An ethnographic case study of migrants in Scotland.

2020 - date
Iweta Baran | Director of Studies: Dr Jane Wilkinson | Second Supervisor: Dr Phiona Stanley

Influences on interpretation: A critical evaluation of the influences on the design and management of interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions

2015 - 2019
Brianna Wyatt | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Paul Barron

World heritage, tourism and national identity: a case study of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

2005 - 2009
Tijana Rakic | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor

Festival images: Brand image and stakeholders’ brand relationship types at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2007 - 2011
Dr Louise Todd | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

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