Analyzing Events Industry Relationships, Regulations, and Planning

This assignment delves into the multifaceted events industry, examining its relationships with tourism, hospitality, entertainment, culture, and sport. It outlines key staging elements for events like the Retail Industry Group (RIG) conference, including seating, technical services, security, catering, and accessibility. The assignment also explores crucial laws and regulations in events management, such as the Work Health and Safety Act, Workers’ Compensation, and Liquor Licensing, detailing their main points and practical applications in the workplace. Furthermore, it addresses local council laws and regulations related to liquor licensing, late-night music, and gambling permissions. Finally, the assignment provides solutions for common carnival issues like long ticket queues, antisocial behavior, lack of signage, and rude vendors, offering practical strategies and referencing online research to improve event management and enhance the overall experience.

Q1: Explain what the events industry’s relationship is with the following.
Tourism Attracting tourist for different reasons.
Hospitality To provide ancillary services to users
Entertainment Arranging parties, get together, wedding functions.
Culture It promotes social equality in terms attracting different visitors.
Sport It provides services in different sports events
Q2: What are five staging elements to consider when planning the Retail Industry
Group (RIG) conference?
 Seating arrangements for guests
 Technical services such as audio, visual display, sound system
 Imposing proper securities in entrance and exit of event venues by signifying sign
boards to the guests.
 Catering services
 Disables access of unauthorized users
Q3: Outline THESE three different laws or regulations you must follow in an events
management workplace. Briefly summarise each one and how it applies to you in
the workplace.
Legislation or
regulation
What are the main points of the
regulations?
How it applies to you in your
job role
Work Health
and Safety Act
According to this law, the
employer should provide health
and safety facilities to its
employees during the work.
Placing first aid box at
workplace, regular health
check up, health insurance,
proper ventilated environment
and give training to staff before
handing machines.

Legislation or
regulation
What are the main points of the
regulations?
How it applies to you in your
job role
Workers’
compensation
As per the following law, the
employer should provide
deserving wages to its
employees without any partiality.
By setting wages rate on
hourly basis, giving
compensation for overtime,
pension and gratuity provision
and disable companion for
injury during the work.
Liquor
licensing
As per this law, the alcohol
should be consumed in the legal
manner and not in illegal way.
By taking licensing, ensure that
liquor should be used by
authorized person.
Q4: What are three local council laws or regulations you would need to consider when
organising an event?
 Liquor licensing for using alcohol in event
 Taking permission of local council for using late night music at peak level
 Taking permission from local authority for using gambling in good manner.
Q5: A carnival is over and it was a great success. Your client made a profit and there
was positive feedback from the event. There were a few minor issues on the day
including the following.
1. Queues were long for tickets.
2. Some antisocial behaviour resulting from alcohol consumption.
3. Some guests could not find the area they were looking for due to lack of signage.
4. A few guests complained that one vendor was rude.
You have just been asked to organise the event again next year for the client, but they
have asked that you ensure the issues that occurred this time do not occur again.
Complete some online research on carnival planning using events management
websites and blogs. How would you overcome these issues? Provide reference of your
research
Carnival issue Action to overcome

1. Queues were long for tickets. Selling online tickets on website of
company.
2. Some antisocial behaviour resulting
from alcohol consumption.
Appointing cops in event in civil
dress.
3. Some guests could not find the area
they were looking for due to lack of
signage.
Placing sign boards around every 2
km of from the main destination of
event.
4. A few guests complained that one
vendor was rude.
Appointing polite personnel to serve
the client