Tracking Tourism Patterns and Improving Travel Experiences With Innovative Technologies

Tracking tourism patterns and improving travel experiences have been revolutionized by innovative technologies, reshaping how destinations and services cater to travelers. Advanced data analytics, mobile applications, and smart technologies enable a better understanding of tourist behaviors, preferences, and trends, allowing for personalized travel experiences. Real-time tracking systems and location-based services offer tailored recommendations, while virtual and augmented reality provide immersive destination preview. As technology evolves, further exploration into travel innovations may enhance satisfaction and engagement for tourists worldwide. Tracking Tourism Patterns and Improving Travel Experiences With Innovative Technologies explores the effects of tourism data analysis on traveler experiences. Through the usage of digital and smart technology, social media integration, and artificial intelligence, businesses can improve their branding and marketing tactics while emphasizing the cultural and experiential impact of tourism destinations. This book covers topics such as destination branding, digital technology, and service marketing, and is a useful resource for business owners, managers, economists, marketers, computer engineers, academicians, scientists, and researchers.

Ahmad Albattat is an Associate Professor and Program Leader in School of Global Hospitality and Tourism, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is a Visiting Professor and External Examiner in Medan Academy of Tourism (Akpar Medan). He received PhD in Hospitality Management “Disaster and Emergency Planning and Preparedness” from University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. He worked as an Associate Professor in Graduate School of Management, Post Graduate Centre, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Assistant Professor, Ammon Applied University College, Amman, Jordan. Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator in School of Hospitality & Creative Arts, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, and Researcher at Sustainable Tourism Research Cluster (STRC), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. He was working for the Jordanian hospitality industry for 17 years. His teaching and consultancy fields include hospitality management, events management, research methodology, strategic management and final research projects. His research areas include hospitality management, hotel, tourism, events, emergency planning, disaster management, sustainable development goals and human resource. He is an active member of several Scientific and Editorial Board of International journals, reviewer, author and editor for book projects. His latest works have been published in the refereed international journals, conference proceedings, books and book chapters.

Dr. Azman, N. is a lecturer in Faculties of Business Management and Professional Studies, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. She holds a doctoral degree in Business Management “Consumer behavioural intention in healthy food product” from Management and Science University (MSU). . With the strong 7 years industrial experience, her particular specialization is digital marketing, big data, management, human resource, consumer behavior and marketing. She also receives Certified Marketing Professional from American Industrial Certification Institute for completing marketing professional courses. She has participated and presented research papers in several International academic conferences. International academic conferences.

Marco Valeri is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Economics at Niccolò Cusano University, Italy. He received PhD in Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior from “Tor Vergata” University, Italy. He is Lecture in Applied Organizational Behaviour at Xenophon College, UK. He is Visiting Professor at University of Information Science and Technology (UIST) “St. Paul The Apostle”, Macedonia. He is Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, School of Hospitality, Tour- ism and Events, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He is Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Economics at Lovely Pro- fessional University (LPU), India. He is Associate Researcher in Strategy, Magellan Research Center, School of Management, Iaelyon Business School, Jean Monet University, France. He is Honorary Associate Profes- sor, University of Pannonia, Hungary. Ranked #7 worldwide the most productive family economics scholars according to the ranking published by Texas State University. He’s teaching and consultancy fields include strategic management, leadership development, cross-cultural management, international hospitality management. His research areas include sustainability and green practices, strategy implementation, knowledge management, family business, crisis management, infor- mation technology, network analysis. He chaired/co-chaired and served on numerous PhD dissertation and master thesis committees. He has a long and extensive international academic experience and has taken visiting positions in several universities. He is member of several Editorial Boards of international tourism journals, reviewer and editor of several handbooks on entrepreneurship, tourism and hospitality management (Emerald Publishing, Springer, Routledge and IGI Global).

Amrik Singh is working as Professor in the School of Hotel Management and Tourism at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Hotel Management from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He started his academic career at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India in the year 2007. He has published more than 65 research papers in UGC and peer-reviewed and Scopus/Web of Science) journals. He has published 12 patents and 01 patent has been granted in the inter-disciplinary domain. Dr. Amrik Singh participated and acted as a resource person in various national and international conferences, seminars, research workshops, and industry talks. His area of research interest is accommodation management, ergonomics, green practices, human resource management in hospitality, waste management, AR VR in hospitality, etc. He is currently guiding 8Ph.D. scholars and 5 Ph.D. scholars have been awarded Ph.D.