Conference and Business Tourism Textbooks

Compiled by Rob Davidson, Senior Lecturer in Business Tourism at the University of Westminster

Allen J (2002) The business of event planning, John Wiley & Sons

Bowdin G et al (2001) Events management, Butterworth-Heinemann

Carey T (ed) (1999) Professional Meeting Management - A European Guide, Meeting Professionals International

Davidson R and Cope B (2002) Business Travel: Conferences, Incentive Travel, Exhibitions, Corporate Hospitality and Corporate Travel, Pearson

Goldblatt J J (1997) Special events: best practices in modern event management. 2nd Ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold

Lawson F (2000) Congress, convention and exhibition facilities: planning, design and management, Architectural Press

McCabe V, Poole B and Leiper N (2000) The Business and Management of Conventions, John Wiley & Sons

Montgomery R J and Strick S K (1995) Meetings, conventions and expositions – an introduction to the industry, Van Nostrand Reinhold

Peterson D C (1989) Convention centers, stadiums and arenas, Urban Land Institute

Price C H (1999) The complete guide to professional meeting and event coordination, George Washington University

Rogers T (2003) Conferences and Conventions: A Global Industry, Butterworth-Heinemann

Rogers T (1998) Conferences: A 21st century industry, Longman

Rutherford D (1990) Introduction to the conventions, expositions and meetings industry, Van Nostrand Reinhold

Seekings D (1991) How to organize effective conferences and meetings, Kogan Page

Shone A (1998) The Business of Conferences, Butterworth Heinemann

Swarbrooke J and Horner S (2001) Business Travel and Tourism, Butterworth-Heinemann

Weber K and Chon K (eds) (2002) Convention Tourism: international research and industry perspectives, Haworth Hospitality Press

Weirich M L (1992) Meetings and convention management, Delmar

Weissinger S S (1992) A guide to successful meeting planning, John Wiley and Sons