Crisis Management in Event Planning and Resilient Event Practices

This is the first textbook to fully integrate crisis preparedness, resilience and sustainability into a unified event management framework. The book offers a practical, interdisciplinary approach, combining theory, case studies and real-world applications tailored for both students and professionals. It moves beyond traditional risk management by exploring ethical decision-making, inclusion, technology and post-crisis recovery in diverse event contexts. Each chapter includes student activities, applied examples and discussion prompts, fostering critical thinking and real-world problem-solving. It is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying event management, tourism and hospitality, as well as early-career professionals and industry practitioners who are seeking to enhance their understanding of crisis preparedness and resilience in events.

Author Biography

Emmet McLoughlin is Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Event Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. His research interests include destination and event management, leisure studies and sociology and his current research is focused on destination resilience, leisure and biosecurity and crisis management in the events sector.