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Welcome to your very own Festivals and Events Management Blog. This site will host the subject blog which will be maintained by your lecturers. This site will be linked to your individual class blogs from T01 to T08. Check out for Featured Event of the Week and Notice Board for regular updates on this subject. Also, don't miss out on the gems at the bottom of the page for the featured favourite music artists on this blog's very own Music Box! To see your favourite artists listed on Music Box, simply drop us a note on this blog.

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INSTRUCTION FOR SETTING YOUR BLOGS

Step 1: Set up your individual blog using http://www.blogger.com/. (Please ensure that you work with Internet Explorer as your web browser and not Firefox because we have experienced problem reading blogs created with the latter.)
Step 2: Send the URL of your blog site to your class rep.
Step 3: Individual Class Reps are to link the URLs of individual blog sites to their respective class blog.
Step 4: Class Reps to send the URL of their class blog site to sandrago@tp.edu.sg.
Step 5: Please PROTECT YOUR WORKS by giving rights to only 'Only People I Choose' under the Permissions setting.
Step 6: Please refer to the guide on the field trip reflection report below for more information. Read the disclaimer and the assessment criteria carefully.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

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FIELDTRIP REFLECTION REPORT (20%) - An Individual Assignment

Due on: 23 Jun, 2009, Tue at 9:30AM

Assignment Task
You are required to:

a) Select an event or festival from the recommended list below for your fieldtrip;
b) Compare the selected festival with a similar festival that has been successful in another city in terms of its marketing strategy;
c) Inform your reader about these best practices.
d) Identify the stakeholders in these festivals;
e) Reflect on the main purpose of this event or festival;
f) Comment on the amount of tourism benefits received by the host city of the chosen event.

Instructions for Students
1. Select from the following festival or event that will take place between now and 15 June 2009 for your field trip report:

1) Beerfest Asia, http://beerfestasia.com/ (29 Apr - 3 May)
2) Audi Fashion Festival, http://www.audifashionfestival.com/ (6 - 10 May)
3) Worldwide Festival, http://www.worldwidefestival.com/ (7 - 10 May)
4) Singapore Arts Festival, http://www.singaporeartsfest.com/ (15 May - 14 Jun)

Note:
Other events not listed here could also be explored. Please seek approval from your respective tutors.

1. You are required to post this report on a blog. A hard copy of this report is also required to be submitted on the stipulate date and time. The URL for your blog is to be sent to your tutor by 5 May 2009, Tuesday, to be linked to the main subject blog for Festivals & Events Management.

2. Assignment pre-requisites:
Students must have completed lecture 1 to 3 or have read Allen, J. et al (2008). Festival and Special Events (4th ed.) Milton, Queensland: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, Chapter 1,2,3,9.10.11).

3. Plan a visit to the selected festival or event either individually or with your classmate(s).

4. Show proof of your visit by taking pictures, collecting brochures or other collaterals on site as part of your report.

5. The deliverable of this assignment is an individual report on the blog and a printed copy in word document.

6. Deadline to submit the report is at 9:30am on Tuesday, 23 Jun 2009.

7. Late submission will be subject up to a penalty of 30% (tutor’s discretion reserved) of the total marks awarded. Any submission after 24 hours of the deadline will not be graded.

Marking Criteria
Please refer to: http://ole-bb.tp.edu.sg

This Blog's Disclaimer
1. The content in this blog is used as a form of assessing student's reflection on their event field trip.
2. All the external links in this blog should link to the homepage of event-related sites.
3. The blogger is responsible for the content of this site and Temasek Polytechnic is not responsible for any part thereof.
4. The blog’s content is, or is not, generated to make money or paid for blogging content.
5. Language is a tricky thing so use it wisely when you make comments on this blog and its related links. As you know that punctuation can change the intent of a statement, so hold yourself and your blog harmless from prosecution for bad grammar and punctuation. Marks will be deducted for foul language used. The style of the reflection report should be formal although you can be candid and informal when making comments on your peer’s blog.
6. The permission of this blogger is required for any interest to use part or all of the content.
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