Robots, artificial intelligence, and service automation in travel, tourism and hospitality / edited by Stanislav Ivanov, Craig Webster.

Other author Ivanov, Stanislav.
Other author Webster, Craig.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoUnited Kingdom ; North America : Emerald Publishing, 2019.
Descriptionxxi, 274 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Technological innovations--Management.
Business enterprises--Technological innovations.
Tourism--Technological innovations.
Hospitality industry--Technological innovations.
Robotics.
Automation.
Artificial intelligence.

Contents Introduction: RAISA in future travel-related industries / Stanislav Ivanov and Craig Webster -- Section 1. Theoretical issues of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel, tourism and hospitality. 1. Conceptual framework of the use of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel, tourism, and hospitality Companies / Stanislav Ivanov and Craig Webster -- 2. Economic fundamentals of the use of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel, tourism and hospitality / Stanislav Ivanov and Craig Webster -- 3. Self-service technologies in the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors : principles and practice / Petranka Kelly, Jennifer Lawlor and Michael Mulvey -- 4. Customer attitudes towards robots in travel, tourism and hospitality : a conceptual framework / Velina Kazandzhieva and Hristina Filipova -- 5. Making sense of robots : consumer discourse on robots in tourism and hospitality service settings / Ulrike Gretzel and Jamie Murphy -- 6. Chatbot adoption in tourism services: a conceptual exploration / Dandison C. Ukpabi, Bilal Aslam and Heikki Karjaluoto -- 7. The impact of robots, artificial intelligence, and service automation on service quality and service experience in hospitality / Nikola Naumov -- 8. Greggg : a scalable high performance, low cost hospitality robot / Sam R. Thangiah, Michael Karavias, Ryan Caldwell, Matthew Wherry, Jessica Seibert, Abdullah Wahbeh, Zachariah Miller and Alexander Gessinger -- Section 2: Application of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel, tourism and hospitality. 9. Robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in hotels / Georgina Lukanova and Galina Ilieva -- 10. Robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in restaurants / Katerina Berezina, Olena Cifci and Cihan Cobanoglu -- 11. Robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in travel agencies and tourist information centres / Maya Ivanova -- 12. Robots, artificial intelligence and service automation to the core: remastering experiences at museums / Nuria Recuero Virto and Maria Francisca Blasco Lopez -- 13. The role of robots, artificial intelligence and service automation in events / Alfred Ogle and David Lamb.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020275359
ISBN9781787566880 hardcover
ISBNonline
ISBNEpub

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