Service robots have become a topic of interest for tourism and hospitality researchers and
practitioners. The success of service robot adoption lies in the effectiveness of tourist–robot …

We examine whether tourism sector development measured by visitor arrivals per capita has
asymmetric growth effects in the Cook Islands using quarterly data from 2010Q1 to 2016Q3 …

This research examines the relationship status of leading OTAs with the hotel industry in the
Asia Pacific (APAC) region along with future trends in hotel distribution channels. A Delphi …

Institutions (rules of law) are important to tourism activities. However, national institutions
cannot become effective when the execution of rules of law is inconsistent at the local levels …

We assess transaction costs incurred by travel agencies in South Asia, an emerging tourism
market with exponential growth and a cultural reliance on local (often family run) travel …

The study investigates whether governance and human agency act as intervening factors in
the context of destination competitiveness and human development. This study employs the …

The indirect distribution dilemma: assessing the financial impact of participation in Booking.com
for hotels | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access …

Externally-generated prescriptions for development continue to be imposed on Pacific Island
societies. Frequently lost in this process is provision for the idiosyncratic localized realities of …

This study examines the importance of governance quality of local government in small
businesses' future revenue growth forecasting accuracy. Forecasting errors are due to either …

This study explores upscale hotel crisis management from the institutional environment
perspective. Integrating the institutional and resource dependence theories, this study …