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Advances In Hospitality And Tourism Information Technology, Cihan Cobanoglu, Seden Dogan, Katerina Berezina, Galen Collins
Advances In Hospitality And Tourism Information Technology, Cihan Cobanoglu, Seden Dogan, Katerina Berezina, Galen Collins
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Information Technology has the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Digital Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism
Chapter 2: The Importance and Role of Digital Marketing in the Preference of Touristic Products in Turkiye
Chapter 3: Virtual Reality Marketing in Hospitality and Tourism
Chapter 4: Contributions of Information and Communication Technologies to Cultural Tourism Experiences: Toward a Smart Destination
Chapter 5: Technology in Senior Living Communities
Chapter 6: Tourism Products and Sentiment Analysis
Chapter 7: Analytics in Hospitality and Tourism: Online Travel Reviews
Chapter 8: Wearable Technologies: Kinesthetic Dimension in Enriching Tourist Experience
ISBN: 978-1-7321275-8-6
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Blockchain In The Hospitality And Tourism Industry, Christa Barkel, Hulya Kurgun, Brenda Groen
Blockchain In The Hospitality And Tourism Industry, Christa Barkel, Hulya Kurgun, Brenda Groen
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
OVERVIEW
This chapter will provide information on what Blockchain is and why it is used. It describes the basic concepts underlying Blockchain technology, such as distributed ledgers (DLs), consensus mechanisms, mining, smart contracts, peer-to-peer (P2P), and the classification of existing Blockchain systems. Next, it explores Blockchain applications in general, in businesses and society. Blockchain maybe used e.g., for fundraising, in education, and for provenance and authenticity registration. The last part of the chapter is devoted to application of Blockchain in general to applications in the hospitality and tourism industry. It considers how Blockchain makes it possible to create new types …
Hotel And Guest Room Technology, Betsy B. Stringam, John H. Gerdes
Hotel And Guest Room Technology, Betsy B. Stringam, John H. Gerdes
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
OVERVIEW
Hotels are utilizing a variety of technologies in the guest room and throughout the hotel. Artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), robots, cobots (collaborative robots), and chatbots are changing the service experience and hotel operations. Technology is redefining how we interact with the guest at all touchpoints, and how we manage employees and processes in hotel operations. Hotel and guestroom technologies provide increased management tools and data, to predict reservation demand, guest needs, and even when equipment might fail. While hotel technologies are increasingly automated, the use of technology is …
Emerging Technology Trends In Hospitality And Tourism, Harry Costin, Antonio Eslava
Emerging Technology Trends In Hospitality And Tourism, Harry Costin, Antonio Eslava
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
OVERVIEW
This chapter explores how technology has radically reshaped the tourism industry in the last few decades. In particular, IT applications such as the internet since the 1990s, and more recently smartphone Apps, have contributed to that change. Today, travelers and tourists use the internet to explore the many options available to them in terms of transport, lodging and entertainment at popular tourist destinations. Therefore, many local brick and mortar agencies have disappeared and have been replaced by large, platform-based players such as Expedia, Airbnb or Booking.com. The many pictures they upload constantly while traveling, and the feedback collected immediately …