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Emerging Venue Considerations for Event Management: the case of Ireland

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posted on 2023-03-14, 13:59 authored by Domhnall Melly, Emmet McLoughlinEmmet McLoughlin, Kelly Maguire

Event venues represent a focal point for infectious disease transmission among attendees 12 and event stakeholders, creating lasting uncertainty within the industry post-COVID-19. There is 13 now a need to investigate emerging venue considerations for the event industry as a result of the 14 COVID-19 pandemic. Using Ireland as a case, a quantitative questionnaire was used on a sample of 15 event managers. Event venue monitoring for COVID-19 is lacking, while risk mitigation procedures 16 focus more on attendees already at the venue rather than avoiding infected persons entering the 17 venue. Risk assessments now comprise COVID-19 risk however, a lack of resources means regular 18 health and safety has shown signs of weakening. Government and local authority resources and 19 financial support are required. Pre-venue procedures of symptom screening and proof of vaccina- 20 tion, combined with venue procedures for disinfection of venue spaces, table service, and appropri- 21 ate ventilation have proven to be effective COVID-19 risk mitigation procedures. Additionally, ICT 22 (information computer technology) could disseminate up-to-date health guidelines through cus- 23 tomer-centric digital environments representing enhanced information sharing to avoid uncertainty 24 and support pro-social intentions of event attendees and compliance with event venue COVID-19 25 risk mitigation procedures.

History

Published in

Tourism and Hospitality

Publisher

MDPI

Version

VoR (Version of Record)

Citation

Melly, 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

Electronic ISSN

2673-5768

Cardiff Met Affiliation

  • Cardiff School of Management

Cardiff Met Authors

Emmet McLoughlin

Cardiff Met Research Centre/Group

  • WCTR (Welsh Centre for Tourism Research)

Copyright Holder

© The Authors

Language

en