@article{dbbffa6c2c5244309e2f106b1b4864eb,
title = "Guest editorial",
author = "Hahm, {Jeeyeon Jeannie} and Karin Weber and Donald Getz and Rhodri Thomas",
note = "Funding Information: Welcome to the IJCHM special issue on Contemporary Issues in Event Management: a tribute to Dr Mathilda van Niekerk. Dr van Niekerk was the Managing Editor of IJCHM. She was also the Founding Co-Editor of JHTI. I acknowledged and reflected her contributions to both journals as well as her personality and approach to research in my editorials (Okumus, 2020a, 2020b). After Mathilda?s passing in August 2019, Dr Jeannie Hahm, Dr Karin Weber, Prof Don Getz and Prof Rhodri Thomas kindly agreed to guest edit a special issue in event management research as a tribute to her. In addition to being Mathilda?s close friends, our Guest Editors are leading scholars in the event management field and worked with Mathilda on research projects. I would like to sincerely thank our Guest Editors for putting together this very strong and timely special issue. The articles included in this special issue should be well received by scholars, students and practicing managers in our field. I am sure Mathilda would have been very happy with this special issue as well as IJCHM ?s continuous outstanding progress and successes in recent years. Rest in peace Mathilda! You are always missed and remembered! Fevzi Okumus Editor-in-Chief",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1108/IJCHM-07-2021-036",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
pages = "2305--2313",
journal = "International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management",
issn = "0959-6119",
publisher = "Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.",
number = "7",
}