Explore different resources available for your subject area
In this section, you will find essential resources available for the subject area of Events and Entertainment. You can locate print books and have access to electronic books, journal articles, and databases. In order to access electronic books, journals, and databases you will need to use your institutional login. There is also a range of open access resources freely available online.
Events and Entertainment Key Subject Resources
There are many different resources available to help with your wider reading and research. You can access some of them directly from this page but most of your key electronic resources for Tourism and Hospitality are accessed through Library Search.
Box of Broadcasts
This is an academically-focused database of television and radio programmes which allows you to watch programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; you can also access its archive containing over 3 million broadcasts.
Euromonitor Passport
UK and international industry data, market shares, distribution patterns, sales forecasts and other measurements relevant to each sector. Also covers consumer trends, country reports and company profiles. Coverage spans over 220 countries.
IBISWorld
IBISWorld provides industry intelligence that analyses the environment of over 400 UK industries using the five-digit level of the UK Standard Industrial Classification (UKSIC). Each industry report provides detailed performance data and analysis on the market, supply chain, operating strengths and weaknesses, external drivers, major player market strategies, industry profit and cost structure benchmarks.
Institute of Hospitality (direct access, not in Library Search)
The Institute of Hospitality is the professional body for managers and aspiring managers working and studying in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry. Please contact us for the institutional username and password which will allow you to log in and register.
MarketLine Company and Industry Profiles
Provides accurate and up-to-date research reports on companies, industries, and countries across the global market.
WGSN is the global authority on change, using expert trend forecasting combined with data science to help you get ahead of the right trends (personal account setup required using your @sunderland.ac.uk email address).
Events and Entertainment Useful External Resources
The resources below are external links, not provided or subscribed to by the University. Therefore, we are not able to guarantee continuity of access. Please contact us to let us know if they are not accessible anymore.
Association of Events Organisers
AEO is the trade body representing companies which conceive, create, develop or manage trade and consumer events. AEO has two sister associations, AEV and ESSA, whose members come from the event venue and supplier communities. AEO works in partnership with its sister associations on a number of initiatives including research, cross association working groups and lobbying.
Business Visits and Events Partnership
BVEP is an umbrella organisation representing leading trade and professional organisations, government agencies and other significant influencers in the business visits and events sector. BVEP’s vision is to support sustainable growth for the United Kingdom’s Events Industry.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
Annual summit attended by the countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world and a template for all the festivals that have come after it.
The London Fashion Week digital platform is freely accessible to everyone, showcasing digital content from the designers, enabling collaboration and bringing together fashion, culture and technology.
Milan Fashion Week is organised by The National Chamber for Italian Fashion, which coordinates and promotes the development of Italian fashion.
The official website for New York Fashion Week, including exclusive designer content and seasonal schedules.
This is the official website of the Olympic Games. Find all past and future Olympics, Youth Olympics, sports, athletes, medals, results, IOC news, photos and videos. see https://www.olympic.org/london-2012 for the London Olympics in 2012.
The official Paris Fashion Week platform, includes schedules, videos of collections and exclusive articles.
Events and Entertainment Study Skills
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