The World Leisure International Innovation Prize Winning Projects

The World Leisure Organization's Board of Directors initiated the International Innovation Prize project in the early 2000's. The Board decided that the inaugural Prize presentation should be held at the 2006 World Leisure Expo in Hangzhou, China. World Leisure has now made 21 awards over four prize rounds in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011. All awards are determined by an international committee. Recognizing that the Prize winning projects cover such an extraordinary range of innovative services and facilities and in response to a request from Pang Xuequan (Prize Committee Member), World Leisure agreed to create this publication to share the best practice information. This publication will be of interest to leisure managers, students, teachers, and researchers around the world. It contains thought-provoking and aspirational projects most of which could be replicated in other countries. The projects illustrate best practice in the management of leisure and cultural facilities and services. Some projects show ingenuity in maximizing small budgets in the public, private, andand voluntary sectors, whereas other projects demonstrate innovation on the grand scale.