The Development of Events and Their Meaning in Society
The Development of Events and their meaning in society
Introduction
This essay has been constructed with the aim of looking at the development of events whilst dealing with the nature and importance of events, in addition this essay will be touching on some of the historical areas which helped to make events an industry today, and the emergence of the events industry in the United Kingdom.
The intention of this essay is to examine the impacts of events in society whilst briefly touching and including their social/cultural, physical/environmental, political/ tourism and economic impacts
What Is an ‘Event’
The Birth of the events Industry started from as early as 1982 here in the UK (Woods) An Event, life itself is an event! But indeed What are events you may ask yourself as according to chambers dictionary(1998 p.560) Events Management G Bowdin pg 14 “An Event is anything which happens; result; any incidence or occurrence especially a memorable one; contingency or possibility of occurrence; an item in a programme (of sports, etc); a type of horse-riding competition, often held over three days (three-day event), consisting of three sections, i.e dressage, cross-country riding and showjumping; fortune or fate (obs); an organised activity at a particular venue, eg for sales promotion, fundraising.” FIFA and the racing cars, a recent event which occurred on the 29th May 2011 would have been defined as a special event according to Bowdin, G. Events management the attributes of special events ‘creation of specialness’ uniqueness, quality, authenticity, tradition, hospitality, theme and symbolism the symbolism here in regards to the Royal wedding could be identified in the type of material used in Kate’s wedding dress receiving the tile of duchess from the queen indeed is of traditional element the ring his mother Diana used when she married Charles, the tiara loaned to Kate by the Queen and the public crowd that were able to participate in the celebrations, being
Introduction
This essay has been constructed with the aim of looking at the development of events whilst dealing with the nature and importance of events, in addition this essay will be touching on some of the historical areas which helped to make events an industry today, and the emergence of the events industry in the United Kingdom.
The intention of this essay is to examine the impacts of events in society whilst briefly touching and including their social/cultural, physical/environmental, political/ tourism and economic impacts
What Is an ‘Event’
The Birth of the events Industry started from as early as 1982 here in the UK (Woods) An Event, life itself is an event! But indeed What are events you may ask yourself as according to chambers dictionary(1998 p.560) Events Management G Bowdin pg 14 “An Event is anything which happens; result; any incidence or occurrence especially a memorable one; contingency or possibility of occurrence; an item in a programme (of sports, etc); a type of horse-riding competition, often held over three days (three-day event), consisting of three sections, i.e dressage, cross-country riding and showjumping; fortune or fate (obs); an organised activity at a particular venue, eg for sales promotion, fundraising.” FIFA and the racing cars, a recent event which occurred on the 29th May 2011 would have been defined as a special event according to Bowdin, G. Events management the attributes of special events ‘creation of specialness’ uniqueness, quality, authenticity, tradition, hospitality, theme and symbolism the symbolism here in regards to the Royal wedding could be identified in the type of material used in Kate’s wedding dress receiving the tile of duchess from the queen indeed is of traditional element the ring his mother Diana used when she married Charles, the tiara loaned to Kate by the Queen and the public crowd that were able to participate in the celebrations, being