Event Risk Management and Safety (The Wiley Event Management Series) - Hardcover

Tarlow, Peter E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471401684 ISBN 13: 9780471401681

Verlag: Wiley, 2002

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Rowdy guests at a festival or convention, a riot at a sport event, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, a food poisoning outbreak at a company picnic - each year, thousands of accidents resulting in injury, death, and significant financial loss occur at events. This book provides assistance to event organizers, managers, and planners to reduce, in some cases eliminate, these types of losses.

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PETER E. TARLOW, PHD, is President of Tourism More, a consulting company that advises on safety and risk management for clients such as the U.S. government, governments in Europe and Latin America, state and local municipalities, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

The Wiley Event Management Series-Series Editor, Dr. Joe Goldblatt, CSEP

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The Wiley Event Management Series
The complete guide to event risk management, safety, and security Practical strategies and resources for any size event!

With any event comes risk from rowdy guests at a festival or convention to a life-threatening riot at a sports event. Event Risk Management and Safety provides a comprehensive resource for managing event risk and limiting liability for modest and grand events. Presenting theory and practical applications, this book covers topics such as measuring risk, alcoholism and drugs, crowd control, fire safety and emergency medical services, food and water safety, outdoor events, and much more.

Other features include:

• Case studies examining problems and solutions to real-world situations
• Key terms and risk-management exercises
• New techniques to forecast and manage the global challenges of the twenty-first century
• Comprehensive appendices containing additional resources, alcohol and beverage commission contact information, and practical forms

The Wiley Event Management Series provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting- edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management.

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The Wiley Event Management Series
The complete guide to event risk management, safety, and security Practical strategies and resources for any size event!

With any event comes risk–from rowdy guests at a festival or convention to a life-threatening riot at a sports event. Event Risk Management and Safety provides a comprehensive resource for managing event risk and limiting liability for modest and grand events. Presenting theory and practical applications, this book covers topics such as measuring risk, alcoholism and drugs, crowd control, fire safety and emergency medical services, food and water safety, outdoor events, and much more.

Other features include:

• Case studies examining problems and solutions to real-world situations
• Key terms and risk-management exercises
• New techniques to forecast and manage the global challenges of the twenty-first century
• Comprehensive appendices containing additional resources, alcohol and beverage commission contact information, and practical forms

The Wiley Event Management Series provides professionals with the essential knowledge and cutting- edge tools they need to excel in one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors of the hospitality and tourism industry. Written by recognized experts in the field, the volumes in the series cover the research, design, planning, coordination, and evaluation methods as well as specialized areas of event management.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471401684
• ISBN 13: 9780471401681
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland