TY - BOOK AU - Ziakas,Vassilios TI - Event portfolio planning and management: a holistic approach T2 - Routledge advances in event research series SN - 9780415526715 (hbk.) : U1 - 394.2'068 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Special events KW - Planning KW - Management KW - City promotion KW - Customs and Folklore KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Cities and regions around the world increasingly capitalise on a series of events aimed at optimising their reach and outcomes. How then can a series of different events be developed and harnessed? What are the conditions and the means by which synergies and collaboration among different events and their stakeholders can be fostered? This book explores how managers and host communities can synergise sport, cultural and other planned events in a portfolio in order to attain, magnify and sustain their outcomes ER -