Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a smart city initiative presenting a mobile tourist guide developed for Natal, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – This study has employed an exploratory case study approach to gain more knowledge about a smart city initiative and a mobile...

Cover -- Guest editorial -- Tourism information technology research trends: 1990-2016 -- Tourists' shifting perceptions of UNESCO heritage sites: lessons from Jeju Island-South Korea -- Gamified mobile experiences: smart technologies for tourism destinations -- Smart hospitality: Taiwan hotel...

Social media-based visual strategies are quintessential elements of tourism and social media marketing; yet, very little is known about how firms formulate and implement such strategies in a technologically advanced and consumer-driven communication context. Drawing on rhetorical structure...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of dynamic pricing by Airbnb hosts. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses attribute and sales information from 39,837 Airbnb listings and hotel data from 1,025 hotels across five markets to test different...