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A Guide To Event Promotion: Internet Marketing For A Live Musical Event In Las Vegas, Kelly C. Quinnan Oct 2013

A Guide To Event Promotion: Internet Marketing For A Live Musical Event In Las Vegas, Kelly C. Quinnan

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

A global industry of festivals and musical events has evolved and developed rapidly especially since the late 1960’s starting with Woodstock. The industry continues today with large-scale multiple stage events that bring in over hundreds of thousands of people. Las Vegas is known by many as the city of entertainment, with world-renowned Cirque Du Soleil shows, poolside concerts at the Cosmopolitan, and the thriving Electric Daisy Carnival. The phenomenal growth of this industry coupled with increased consumer awareness and choice requires sustained development and expansion in the future. Concerts and festivals are unique events that attract audiences. Music-based events are …


The Effectiveness Of Various Green Print Advertising Strategies For Budget And Luxury Hotel Segments, Safak Sahin May 2013

The Effectiveness Of Various Green Print Advertising Strategies For Budget And Luxury Hotel Segments, Safak Sahin

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This study aims to broaden knowledge about the effectiveness of the green (environmentally responsible) print advertising in the context of hotel industry. The development of green advertising and relevant studies in general marketing literature is discussed. After the gap of research in hospitality field is highlighted, the current study is introduced. Five by two between subjects experimental design is developed to understand if green advertisements perform better than non-green ones, and whether hotel segment (budget versus luxury) influences the effectiveness. Another goal of the study is to identify the best strategy or medium (text, logos, visual images, or a combination …


Reactions Of Generation Y To Luxury Hotel Twitter Promotions, Katherine M. Woods Apr 2013

Reactions Of Generation Y To Luxury Hotel Twitter Promotions, Katherine M. Woods

Honors Theses and Capstones

Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (Merriam-Webster, 2013). Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites (Evans, 2008). In today’s society, social media refers mainly to websites including (but not limited to) Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. The most popular and fastest growing of these social media venues is Twitter. Twitter was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone. Since 2006, almost 200 million users across the globe …