Presenting hotels in virtual reality: does it influence the booking intention?

K Israel, C Zerres, DK Tscheulin - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of telepresence while using a
smartphone-based virtual reality system (SBVR) to explore a hotel virtually and to determine …

Is VR always better for destination marketing? Comparing different media and styles

T Griffin, D Guttentag, SH Lee… - Journal of Vacation …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing popularity and accessibility of virtual reality (VR) presents an opportunity for
destination marketers to leverage its strengths to attract visitors. However, VR's benefits over …

Virtual-Reality

K Israel - 2023 - nomos-elibrary.de
Zusammenfassung Die Virtual-Reality (VR) Technologie ermöglicht Unternehmen eine
Produktpräsentation, die weit über traditionelle Darstellungsmethoden hinausgeht. Obgleich …

Exploring tourist's metaverse experience using destination spatial presence quality & perceived augmentation: metaverse exploration, physical expedition (MEPE)

T Natarajan, P Pragha, K Dhalmahapatra… - Current Issues in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A recent surge of interest surrounds metaverse tourism, with researchers
highlighting its potential to revolutionize the tourism industry and attract new travellers. This …

Virtual reality and the end of tourism? A substitution acceptance model

D Guttentag - Handbook of e-Tourism, 2022 - Springer
This chapter examines the question of whether future virtual reality (VR) experiences will be
accepted as substitutes for real tourism experiences. It begins with an overview of the …

Boosting customized and personalized interactive livestreaming experiences. Is Amazon Explore competing or complementing the hospitality industry?

Z Ramadan, M Farah, N Al Rahbany - Qualitative Market Research …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Following the changes in consumer behavior in the hospitality industry due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon launched “Explore”, an interactive livestreaming customized …

[PDF][PDF] The Metaverse and Virtual Reality in Tourism and Hospitality 5.0: A Bibliometric Study and a Research Agenda

A Zeqiri, I Mejri, A Ben Youssef - GREDEG Working Papers, 2024 - researchgate.net
This paper presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis focusing on the utilization of the
metaverse and virtual reality (VR) within the tourism and hospitality sector. Employing a …

Virtual reality—substitute for a real experience? The role of user motivation, expectations and experience type

K Israel, C Zerres, DK Tscheulin - International Journal of Innovation …, 2023 - World Scientific
Virtual reality (VR) offers the opportunity to create virtual worlds that could replace real
experiences. This research investigates the influence of user motivation, temporal distance …

Digital destinations and avatar tourists: A futuristic look at virtual reality tourism and its real-world impacts

D Guttentag - Science fiction, disruption and tourism, 2021 - degruyter.com
Neuromancer (Gibson, 1984), the classic science fiction novel quoted above, is credited with
providing one of the first visions of the sophisticated virtual worlds that are becoming …

Factors prompting augmented reality adoption in sacred places

MRHK Rakib, A Hassan - International Journal of Tourism …, 2023 - inderscienceonline.com
There is evidence that sacred places across the world are launching augmented reality (AR)
applications. This application of AR is somehow prompted by the most recent Covid-19 …