Tourism touché : USA Fencing's delicate dance with tournament site selection / Bradley Baker, Ashley Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Bradley, author.

Gardner, Ashley, active 2024, author.

Series:

SAGE business cases.

SAGE business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special events--Management--Case studies.

Special events.

Fencing--Management--Case studies.

Fencing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Human Kinetics, Inc., 2024.

Summary:

This case explores the complex process of developing a national calendar of marquee events for the Olympic sport of fencing. USA Fencing, the national governing body, must meet diverse stakeholders' needs while balancing competing priorities. Chief among the tensions is maximizing organizational revenues to fund operations versus minimizing costs and barriers to event access for participants. Suitable venues are scarce and clustered in major metropolitan areas with restrictive calendars. The limited number of potential locations impedes USA Fencing's ability to extract concessions from host cities and negotiate hotel room rebates and venue rental fees. This also limits USA Fencing's ability to accommodate other stakeholder preferences, such as attractive locations and adhering to a recently adopted policy to give preference to locations in states with inclusive laws regulating women's reproductive health and LGBTQIA+ issues. With no perfect solutions, navigating these constraints requires judicious analysis of alternatives and artful negotiation between attendee demands and organizational imperatives to develop event schedules aligning with USA Fencing's mission. By wrestling with this multidimensional resource allocation dilemma, students sharpen analytic skills and strategic decision-making competencies, grappling with the same complex questions event directors face in real-world scheduling environments marked by inadequacy and compromise.

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ISBN:

979-83-488-5193-4

OCLC:

1569208472

Publisher Number:

T300966