Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology: Volume 10 Issue 2

The influence of perceived technological congruence of smartphone application and air travel experience on consumers’ attitudes toward price change and adoption

Wei Wang

Smartphones have influenced tourists’ information search behaviors and trip experiences in various ways. Operationalized in the air travel context, this study aims to apply the…

Wine tourism apps as wine destination branding instruments: content and functionality analysis

Darko Dimitrovski, Veronika Joukes, Susana Rachão, Manuel Luís Tibério

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the competitiveness through brand enhancement of the Douro wine tourism apps in light of their content and functionality in comparison to…

The role of ICT, eWOM and guest characteristics in loyalty

Beatriz Moliner-Velázquez, María Fuentes-Blasco, Irene Gil-Saura

This study aims to examine how technologies contribute to consumer loyalty in the tourist industry. To achieve this objective, information and communication technology (ICT…

Mapping the impact of hotel promotional factors on consumers’ actual use of interactive systems in hotels

Cristian Morosan, Agnes DeFranco

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of several hotel promotional factors and consumers’ behavioral and demographic characteristics on their actual use of…

The use of websites by Mediterranean tourist ports

Clara Benevolo, Riccardo Spinelli

This paper aims to explore the use of websites by tourist ports to assess whether they support ports in communicating their image and provide information and services to actual…

Do destination Facebook pages increase fan’s visit intention? A longitudinal study

Xi Y. Leung

The purpose of this study is to explore how following a destination’s Facebook page changes fans’ visit intentions.

The influence of individual differences on NFC-based mobile payment adoption in the restaurant industry

Saba Salehi Esfahani, Ahmet Bulent Ozturk

This study aims to identify the relationship between individual differences of customers and their intention to use Near Field Communication (NFC)-based mobile payment (MP…