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The Economic Impacts Of Annual Community Festivals: A Case Of The Sturgis Falls Celebration, 2013, Chelsea Mae Tolle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines spending patterns and economic impact of visitors to the community of Cedar Falls, Iowa for the annual Sturgis Falls Celebration. The following aspects of festival tourism development were addressed: (1) visitors’ travel motivations and satisfaction; (2) visitors’ spending patterns and (3) the economic impacts of Sturgis Falls Celebration visitors in Black Hawk and contiguous counties.

The data for the study was collected using a questionnaire based intercept survey that was distributed to the attendees at the Sturgis Falls Celebration during the festival in 2013. Of the residents and visitors in attendance at the festival, 539 people participated ...

New Media, Branding And Global Sports Sponsorship, James Santomier

WCOB Faculty Publications

New media has emerged as a significant dimension of branding and global sports sponsorship because it provides the capability to communicate with consumers worldwide via a multitude of digital platforms. This paper discusses the results of a systematic review of the development of global sports sponsorship and the importance of new media integration to the sector for the future. Results indicate that a new paradigm is emerging which involves thematically linked, integrated, strategic global marketing initiatives driven by new media applications, which have enhanced the value of sports sponsorship.

‘2014 San. Pellegrino - Best Young Sommelier Is Crowned’, James Peter Murphy

Culinary Competitions

The competition to select S. Pellegrino- Best Young Sommelier LIVE final took place recently at the DIT Teaching and Learning Bar, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1. This initiative between the DIT School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology and Stafford Lynch Ltd offered hospitality students the unique opportunity to improve their sommelier skills in harmonizing water, wine and food to create a fine dining experience for their guests. S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna waters have developed a unique Water Codex to provide a clear outline of how to appreciate, serve and perfectly harmonize water with fine drinks, wine and food with the aim of completing the consumer’s pleasure on the table for a fine dining experience. The competition was held over two rounds attracting a huge entry in the first round (semi-finals) which were organised during the month of January and culminating in the LIVE final where the top six semi-finalists demonstrated their practical and theoretical skills in the service, tasting and harmonization of water, wine and food to a panel of expert judges.

Mr. Donncha Curran (Senior Brand Manager, Stafford Lynch Ltd) and Ms. Una Lynch (Director, Stafford Lynch Ltd) expressed their delight at the huge interest, professional skills and intellectual abilities demonstrated by all the participants of the S. Pellegrino- Best young sommelier competition and thanked Mr.James Murphy(DIT Lecturer & Co-ordinator S. Pellegrino best young sommelier competition) for organising an excellent event. This years winners were as follows;

Overall Winner : James Halligan, who won a special dinner for two at Thorntons Restaurant, Dublin, 2nd place: Cian Hamilton and 3^rd Place: Tiawen Zhou. All three winners are also students of the DIT BSc (Hons) degree in Bar Management & Entrepreneurship programme.

Further Details:

James Murphy MSc, MA, D.I.T Bar Management Studies, College of Arts & Tourism, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1. Tel: 01-4024453 ...

Violence In Youth Sport: Potential Preventative Measures And Solutions, Cheryl Danilewicz

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Youth sport events are part of a growing industry to which event venues are tailoring their policies, procedures, and designs. The competitive nature of the events and their participants have caused these venues to examine their existing policies and adjust them to increase security and safety measures for the athletes, coaches, spectators, game officials, and venue staff. Tempers at these events will flare, and in recent years violence is becoming increasingly more common. Parents and athletes have attacked each other, coaches, and game officials due to the intense nature of these events. The result of these acts could range from ...

International Tourists' Souvenir Purchasing Behavior , Soyoung Kim

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study was the first attempt to develop and test a causal model of international tourists' souvenir purchasing behavior. The objectives were (1) to identify the variables that may affect international tourists' purchasing behavior for textile souvenirs, (2) to propose a causal model that incorporates those variables, and (3) to test the proposed model for U.S. tourists who are traveling to Mexico;The population of interest was female adults who had traveled to Mexico or were planning to travel to Mexico in the near future. A self-administered questionnaire, along with color photographs of five Mexican textile souvenirs, was mailed ...

The Relationship Between Identity Development And Family History Knowledge, Clive Gordon Haydon

All Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between identity development in late adolescent university students and family history knowledge. The relationship was examined within both the individual developmental and family systems theoretical frameworks. It was proposed that identity development involves achieving personal autonomy from the family of origin and at the same time maintaining positive relatedness to the family of origin. Identity development was examined using exploration, commitment, autonomy, and relatedness as dependent variables. It was proposed that late adolescent's personal exploration of and commitment to roles and values may be influenced by knowledge of ...

Roadside Zoos Are Not Zoos

CLOSE UP REPORTS

The HSUS was one of the first national animal welfare organizations to take a long, hard look at all zoos, including roadside menageries. During the last nine years, we have worked intensively, conducting zoo inspections, public education and awareness programs, and developing a working relationship with the professional zoological community as well as U.S. Government agencies charged with the welfare of animals.

Exploring Calvin And Hobbes: Comic Strip Illuminates Issues Surrounding Family Recreation, Christijan D. Draper

All Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to inductively examine the content of the popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by analyzing its latent and subjective meaning to discover basic social psychological issues associated with family recreation. The entire collection of 1,360 Calvin and Hobbes strips was evaluated using Grounded Theory techniques influenced by the art scholarship evaluation tool iconography. Review of the strip suggests one way to assess the meaning associated with time use is through preemptive retrospection by which a person looks at current experiences through the lens of an anticipated future to estimate how meaningful that time ...

A Sense Of Place: Examining Music-Based Tourism And Its Implications In Destination Venue Placement, Richard Bret Campbell

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Music, and the ability to make it, understand it and interpret it, is one of the characteristics that make us uniquely human. However, when it comes to seeing the performance of live music, there are other variables that come into play when determining where to see a concert. The potential connection between people, music, and a “sense of place” are explored in this examination of music-based tourism. Based on information from journals and related news media, and using parallels to the sports tourism industry, the paper found a distinct connection between humans and music in the context of human development ...

American Camp Culture: A History Of Recreational Vehicle Development And Leisure Camping In The United States, 1890-1960 , David Leroy Harmon

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study looks at the relationship between technology and its social and cultural context by examining the ways in which changing ideas and attitudes about camp vehicles and leisure camping shaped recreational vehicle technology. It focuses on the period, roughly 1890 to 1960, when leisure camping and recreational vehicles were in their formative years, when American popular culture publications celebrated recreational vehicle travel, and when recreational vehicle manufacturing matured into a dynamic, billion-dollar industry. Looking at what social values and ideas prompted the selection of a technology, and second, what new values and ideas may have then prompted the shift ...