The purpose of this book is twofold. First, this book is an attempt to map the state of quantitative research in Asian tourism and hospitality context and provide a detailed description of the design, implementation, application, and challenges of quantitative methods in tourism in Asia. Second,...

The study proposes and empirically validates an integrated model of leisure visitors’ destination brand associations that can guide destination marketing and branding activities for both, the brand identity and the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) perspective. A ten-phase empirical research...

Introduction -- Part One: Technology Application in the Asian Tourism Industry: Concepts and Applications -- Part Two: Technology Application in the Asian Tourism Industry: Marketing Contexts -- Part Three: Technology Application in the Asian Tourism Industry: The Purposes of Social Media --...

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Marianna Sigala, Anastasia Yeark, Rajka Presbury, Marcela Fang and Karen Smith) -- Part II: Experiences -- Chapter 2. "Art in Servicescape and Experience Design: Learnings from The d’Arenberg Cube, Australia" (Marianna Sigala) -- Chapter 3. A...

1. Thirty Years of Research on Application of Technology in Tourism and Hospitality Industry: A Systematic Literature Review -- 2. Technology Application in Tourism in Asia -- 3. Technology Application in Tourism in Asia: Comprehensive Science Mapping Analysis -- 4. Technological Innovations in...

This book presents the latest research and novel case studies on crime and corruption in the tourism and hospitality industry. It approaches tourism as both a globalised business impacting the livelihood of millions of people, and a highly challenging field of action for national legislators and...

This book brings together multi-disciplinary research and practical evidence about the role and exploitation of big data in driving and supporting innovation in tourism. It also provides a consolidated framework and roadmap summarising the major issues that both researchers and practitioners...

Introduction: Service Excellence in Asian Tourism and Hospitality -- Part I: Designing the Service -- Service Design of Franchise and Independent Japanese Restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Creating Excellent Guest Experiences: Servicescape and Processes -- Managing Customer...

Introduction -- Journey within the Journey in 10 Trends -- Experiential Tourism -- OLD Is the New Cool -- Thou shall not Own: Disownership & Sharing Economy -- Show Me the Money, Irresistible Ascent of Luxury -- Tzunami Mass Movements VS Microtourism -- It’s a Dogs’ World, Pet Tourism --...

Introduction -- Managing Tourism for Economic Development in Africa: Past, Prospects and Policy Implications -- Destination Personality as Predictor of Symbolic Consumption in Nigeria ’s Tourism Industry -- Southern Africa`s morphing into a MICE Tourism space: Critical insights for...