Tourist events and satisfaction: a product of regional tourism competitiveness

Sérgio Jesus Teixeira is based at Instituto Superior de Administração e Linguas (ISAL), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. He is Investigator in Tourism at the University of Madeira, Ph.D. in Management at the University of Beira Interior. He is an integrated member of UBI Research Unit for Business Sciences (NECE), Portugal. He is also a reviewer for several international scientific journals. His research on tourism competitiveness, events and innovation has been presented at some international conferences and published in international journals.

João J.M. Ferreira is based at University of Beira Interior & NECE – Researh Unit in Business Sciences, Covilhã, Portugal. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal. He holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. Currently, he is the scientific coordinator of the UBI Research Unit for Business Sciences (NECE), Portugal. He has published over 200 papers in premier international journals and edited or co-edited several books on innovation and entrepreneurship. His research interests include strategy, competitiveness and entrepreneurship.

António Almeida is based at University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Madeira (UMa), Portugal. PhD in Economics, and he is president of the Observatory of Tourism of the University of Madeira. He has published several articles in international journals, is a reviewer of others and has published several as an author and coauthor in the field of tourism, management, economics and business finance

Eduardo Parra-Lopez is based at Universidad de La Laguna Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales, La Laguna, Spain. He is Full Professor at Department of Business Studies and Tourism, Faculty of Economics, Business Studies and Tourism, University of La Laguna (ULL), Islas Canarias Spain. Degree in administration and management (Universidad of La Laguna). Master in International Trade (EOI). PhD in administration and management. He has published in premier international journals, and edited or co-edited several books.