Artificial intelligence: an overview of research trends and future directions

D Gursoy, R Cai - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to offer an overview of hospitality and tourism research on artificial
intelligence (AI) and its impact on the industry. More specifically, this study examines …

Customer experience in AI-enabled products: Scale development and validation

P Wang, K Li, Q Du, J Wang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an enabling technology that can be integrated into products to
provide emerging capabilities and craft novel customer experience (CX); many companies …

Decoding the shared pathways of consumer technology experience in hospitality and tourism: A meta-analysis

C Ma, A Fan, AS Mattila - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This research presents a comprehensive analysis of significant factors shaping consumer
technology adoption and experiences in the hospitality and tourism sector. Technology …

The role of perceived risk and information security on customers' acceptance of service robots in the hotel industry

A Pizam, AB Ozturk, A Hacikara, T Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposed and tested a theoretical framework that investigated the influences of
perceived risk and information security on hotel customers' intention to use service ts. In …

Effect of display methods on intentions to use virtual reality in museum tourism

J Wang, Y Sun, L Zhang, S Zhang… - Journal of Travel …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The application of virtual reality (VR) promises unique visitor experiences in museum
tourism; however, the underlying characteristics of the experiences still need to be well …

Retrospective of interdisciplinary research on robot services (1954–2023): From parasitism to symbiosis

Y Zeng, X Liu, X Zhang, Z Li - Technology in Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Social distancing and low-touch services have been fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic,
leading to a paradoxical dilemma for service providers to balance high-quality service and …

[HTML][HTML] 'Commensal scenes': Problematizing presence in restaurants in the digital age

O Oren, RNS Robinson, MA Novais… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
As guests' norms and behaviours are rapidly evolving in the digital world, explicitly
problematizing commensality, a term designating the social aspects of eating with others, is …

[HTML][HTML] A tale of two identities: The value, attitude, and behavior of adult children towards family tourism experiences

A Hu, H Li, J Pang - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adult children accompanying their parents on trips is a particular form of family tourism.
During family travel, adult children assume two roles: as tourists, they pursue personal …

Human or AI robot? Who is fairer on the service organizational frontline

X Wu, S Li, Y Guo, S Fang - Journal of Business Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Research has focused on exploring the distinction between human employees and AI
robots. However, little is known about customer perceptions of service fairness towards AI …

Embracing digital companions: Unveiling customer engagement with anthropomorphic AI service robots in cross-cultural context

K Mehmood, P Kautish, TR Shah - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current understanding of anthropomorphic AI service robots (AISR) remains mostly
fragmented in literature. Based on related research and CASA framework, this research …