Progress on information and communication technologies in hospitality and tourism
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
ISSN: 0959-6119
Article publication date: 8 July 2014
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to establish the progress of information and communication technology (ICT) based on a review of papers published in tourism and hospitality journals between 2009 and 2013.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on three major databases, 107 journal papers were retrieved and reviewed. The papers were grouped into two major categories, consumer and supplier, which generally comprise the key players in the industries.
Findings
A content analysis showed that hospitality and tourism industries use ICT in different functional units and for different applications. This, in turn, indicates their wide adoption in the industry. Industrial implications are discussed.
Practical implications
On the basis of the content analysis, industry practitioners can learn about up-to-date practices and decide how to take advantage of recent technological developments.
Originality/value
A major contribution of this paper is the comprehensive review of recently published papers in tourism and hospitality journals from the perspectives of consumer and supplier.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Daniel Leung and Ryan Chu for their assistance with the literature search and the initial analysis. In addition, they would like to thank the four anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments on an earlier version of this paper. The work presented in this paper was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71361007), the Hong Kong Scholars Program and an internal grant at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Citation
Law, R., Buhalis, D. and Cobanoglu, C. (2014), "Progress on information and communication technologies in hospitality and tourism", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 26 No. 5, pp. 727-750. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-08-2013-0367
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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