Study On Event Management Applications
Study On Event Management Applications
Volume 2, Issue 4, April 2017 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
ISSN No: - 2456 - 2165
Study on Event Management Applications
Akash Verma1, Gunjan Srivastava#2, Himanshu Verma#3, Mayank Johri#4
Assistant Professor Ms. Archana Bhalla#5
Department Of Information Technology
Inderprastha Engineering College, Ghaziabad
Affilated To Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow
Abstract The aim of this paper is to discuss the services
that will provide quality in processes of event management. III. LITERATURE REVIEW
Our goal is not only to provide quality, but also to make it The spectrum used for the review of literature focuses upon the
customized. This is something other papers have often failed definition of an event, quality and difficulty to manage an event.
to focus upon. A user understands quality in the terms of its
customizability, and that's where we will lay our stress. Data An event can be described as a public assembly for the purpose
in the study was collected from primary as well as secondary of celebration, education, marketing or reunion. Events can be
data sources (observations, internet resources, press and classified on the basis of their size, type and context. An event
visual media).The proposed system aims to use android can be a social / lifecycle event like a birthday party,
application to effectively manage all the phases of event engagement, wedding, funeral etc. or an education and career
management process and provide user the ability to event like an education fair, job fair, workshop, seminar, debate,
customize quality of event according to his/her taste or contest, competition etc. [3]. Quality in terms of event
needs. management can be described as the degree of excellence of an
event [4]. The quality of service provided is dependent upon
Keywords quality, event management, customized, many parameters which should answer the question Is this
services, android. good enough?
I. INTRODUCTION
According to Andersson and Wesslau (2000), when using
events, companies get the possibility to have their own-right to
The event industry is one of the worlds largest employers and the consumer during the duration of the event [5]. This means
contributes major positive economic impact (Theocharis, 2008) that if a company manages to get the consumer to attend the
[1].Event management is a multi-million dollar industry which event, the distortion from the competitors will be gone or at
is growing at the rate of 150% per annum with events being least minimized during the duration of the event. Also, events
hosted almost daily. Organizing a perfectly synchronized, well contain tangible elements, such as food, beverages and other
planned, well conducted and memorable event, requires the products sold or given away, but are essentially a service in that
supervision and services of well trained and experienced they consist of intangible experiences of finite duration within a
professionals. The process of planning and coordinating the temporary, managed atmosphere. As with all services, this
event is usually referred to as event planning and can include experiential product is produced and consumed
budgeting, scheduling, site selection, acquiring necessary simultaneously, is highly heterogeneous and very difficult to
permits, coordinating transportation and parking, arranging for store or control [6]. The arguments presented by the literature
entertainers, arranging decor, catering and emergency plans[2]. reviews do run parallel with its empirical counter-part most of
As of today, everyone has a different definition of quality. the time. However, irrespective of its size and contents, events
Everyone has customized their favorite E-commerce sites always have the knack of surprising people. Even though they
according to their comfort and needs. are planned and every settings of an event are monitored, but the
event itself will always provide the physical experience that is
entirely new and different from the previous ones[7].The
II. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY process of event management is best described in the figure
given below
A. To understand the process of event management.
B. To determine the factors affecting quality of service in event
management.
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Figure 1: The planning process of Events Management (Shone & Parry 2010, 92) [8]
IV. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY The proposed system uses android architecture and builds upon
it an application which shall be able to answer some of these
The market currently boasts of various event management questions and provide user interface which is more interactive
companies and websites and the customer has a lot of options to and responsive for consumers and can seamlessly integrate
choose from, however there are various problems which are popular web services like Facebook, PayPal to use their services
faced by them during such activity. Some of the problems faced for managing an event from scratch. The proposed system shall
by customers in online event management are as follows: provide the following features:
A. Which event management company to choose? A. Categorization of services for Individuals as well as Event
Management Companies
B. Should I choose individual talent over event managers?
B. Trusted reviews and rating system
C. What are the options for payment, Is it flexible or hard
bound? C. Interactive U.I for easy and quick operations
D. What should be the advance period of notice, should it be D. Easy Vendor Management
small like a week or big like month or years?
E. Flexible payment options
E. How to trust any event management company?
F. Filters for sorting and customizing search
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V. DESIGN OF PROPOSED SYSTEM Currently the market boasts of a few event management
applications like Wedmegood, etc. However these applications
Research suggests that Word of mouth (WoM) is the main are not able to provide user satisfaction since they dont have
driver for 20% to 50% of all decisions made by consumers. Due any special measures or parameter to customize the performance
to our social nature people are heavily influenced by the of event managers beforehand and thus lack in the process of
behavior and opinions of others. This is especially the case providing quality of service. The proposed model takes into
when faced with uncertainty, such as when buying something consideration these shortcomings and is made on android
for the first time. This is why displaying ratings for products or platform to reach a larger group of audience. The proposed
services can be so powerful. model provides the public commenting as well as chatting
option for effective interaction and transparency [9]. It uses the
A large number of ratings helps build trust and credibility of our following modules to provide the ability of customizing quality
app and provides guidance for customers on which products of services to consumers.
people are most satisfied with. This helps to reduce anxiety
about services we provide. A. Search and Select Module
According to survey clients se an average 65% lift in revenue Once the user has logged inside the application, they can use the
per visit and 52% uplift in conversion on product pages with search bar to search for a specific vendor or they can use
ratings and reviews. They also see a 98% average conversion categorized buttons to search for a specific category. The sort
uplift when shoppers engage in Q&A on site/app. button allows the user to sort the search results according to
consumers needs. Upon tapping any button a new screen will
appear which will show the search results.
Figure 2: Search and Select Module
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B. Review & Rating Module hosted on webserver. Users can easily read these ratings and
reviews from the application and then compare vendors
After the completion of an event the user will be able to rate according to their ratings. This will allow the consumer to
vendors and write reviews regarding the work ethics of the prioritize and customize his options and select a vendor
vendor. These ratings and reviews are then uploaded in accordingly.
database. The database is implemented using MySQL and is
Figure 3: Ratings and Review Module
provide the ability of sending and receiving messages
C. Messaging Module between users. The GCM service handles all aspects of
queuing of messages and delivers it to client [10].This
The consumers will have the ability to send will provide users with a communication medium
messages to vendors with the use of In-app messaging which can allow them to share and customize their plan
feature. The application uses Googles GCM service to of action and decide schedule of event.
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Figure 4: Messaging Module
D. Booking & Payment Module allow them to book that vendor by using the flexible payment
scheme which allows the consumer to pay only a 2-5% amount
PayPals REST API is used for handling payment and other of the total sum as advance payment for booking a vendor. The
transaction history details. The REST API enables customers to remaining amount can be later paid in the ratio of 45% and 50%
make PayPal and credit card payments with only a few taps to the vendor through offline or online transactions.
[11]. Once the buyer has selected a vendor, the application will
Figure 5: Booking and Payment Module
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VI. CONCLUSIONS [10]
GCM.[Online].Available:https://developers.google.com/cloud-
Mobile applications are of utmost importance when companies messaging/
market their products or services. The proposed system aims to
bridge the gap between vendors and users and provide them a [11] REST API.[Online]. Available: https://developer.paypal.c
platform to interact and manage events. The proposed system om/docs-api/
can be said to be a successful when it delivers a proper channel
to easily and effectively manage their event and provide a good
quality of service to the customers in real time.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost we would like to express our gratitude to The
Lord, Almighty for bestowing upon us the knowledge to
successfully complete our research. We would like to express
my deep and sincere gratitude to our research supervisor Ms.
Archana Bhalla for giving us the opportunity to do research and
providing invaluable guidance throughout this research. Her
dynamism, vision, sincerity and motivation have deeply inspired
us.
We would also like to thank HOD-IT Dr. Pooja Tripathi for
providing her excellent feedback and critical analysis of this
paper. We would also like to thank all the panel members for
providing their valuable thoughts and insights which helped us
immensely.
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