Conference & Business Tourism / Events Textbooks

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

In this section, the order of information is: author(s), year of publication, title, publisher.

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

Appleby P (2005) Organising a Conference: How to Run a Successful Event, How To Books

Bowdin G et al (2010 - third edition) Events management, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann

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

Convention Industry Council (2005), International Manual (1st Edition)

Conway D (2004), The Event Manager’s Bible, How To Books

Craven R E and Johnson L (2006), The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Meeting and Event Planning, Alpha Books

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

Davidson R and Rogers A (2006) Marketing Destinations and Venues for Conferences, Conventions and Business Events, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann

Fisher J (2000), How to Run a Successful Conference, The Sunday Times

Friedmann S (2003), Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons

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

Harrill R (2005), Fundamentals of Destination Management and Marketing, IACVB and The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association

Hoyle L (2002), Event Marketing: How to Successfully Promote Events, Festivals, Conventions, and Expositions, John Wiley & Sons

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

O’Toole W and Mikolaitis P (2002), Corporate Event Project Management, John Wiley & Sons

Peberdy D and Hammersley J (2009), Brilliant Meetings, Pearson Education

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 (2008) Conferences and Conventions: A Global Industry second edition, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann

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 and Parry B (2004), Successful Event Management, Thomson Learning

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

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

Tarlow P E (2002) Event Risk, Management and Safety, John Wiley & Sons

Tum J, Norton P, Nevan Wright J (2006), Management of Event Operations, Elsevier

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