Purpose: This study examined the MICE Industry as an exchange and cooperation object to break through the inter-Korean relations in the crisis phase. Design/methodology/approach: This study conducted exploratory research applying grounded theory, a qualitative research method that builds a...

The evolution of special events into a free-standing industry is a debatable statement in the academic field literature. From this perspective, the article tries to offer legitimacy to special events industry concept through its framing and argumentative explanation in the economic theoretical...

We analyze demographic and employing institution information to determine whether differential attendee characteristics affect the importance of conference attributes among constituencies. We test some commonly held priors, like location, cost and conviviality factors and show that these are not...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the competition among international conference cities in South Korea by applying the theory, which is useful for understanding the relationships among individual (industry) groups competing for limited resources. Design/methodology/approach: In...