Creepy vs. cool: Switching from human staff to service robots in the hospitality industry

SE Kang, C Koo, N Chung - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2023 - Elsevier
As service robots are becoming more human-looking, people are beginning to perceive
robots as creepy in one way but cool in another. This study investigates how the trade-off …

Humor type and service context shape AI service recovery

J Liu - Annals of Tourism Research, 2023 - Elsevier
While artificial intelligence (AI) service failure is inevitable in tourism and hospitality,
scholarly attention to it is limited. This study investigated how the type of humor (self …

Robots and service delivery in hotels: preliminary insights from co-workers and supervisors

CTT Kirkpatrick, C Webster… - Journal of Qualitative …, 2024 - elgaronline.com
In this research note, we analyze semi-structured interviews with hotel managers and co-
workers of robots in Chinese hotel operations. We find that both managers and employees …

[引用][C] THE INC 2024

O presentation Hospitality, MZ Spanaki - Europe, 2024