Muslim tourists’ intention to book on Airbnb: the moderating role of gender by Tiamiyu, Tosin, Quoquab, Farzana, Mohammad, Jihad

“…Practical implications: It is expected that the findings of this study can help the practitioners in the hospitality industry, particularly in strategising their marketing efforts to attract more tourists to engage in a meaningful relationship with the Airbnb in Malaysia. …”
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Exploring the Nigerian transnational hotels' environmentally friendly practices towards biodiversity conservation in Lagos, Nigeria by Idoko, Ojochenemi, Kasim, Azilah

“…The increasing threat from excessive consumption of environmental resources is one of the leading factors responsible for environmental problems like deforestation, biodiversity reduction, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and global warming.Unfortunately, the hotel sub-sector of the tourism and hospitality industry is complicit in this regard. Previous studies have concentrated mainly on the environmental impact of hotel activities. …”
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Enhancing the Competitiveness of the Show Business Industry for Cultural Export as a Means of Creative Economy Development and Tourism Promotion in the Future New Normal Era: The C... by Chayapoj Lee-Anant, Therdchai Choibamroong, Boonnawat Srikhwan

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Towards the sustainability of a financially constrained university’s Hotel School: lessons from local and international universities’ Hotel Schools. by Dr. D. Crowther, Professor A.J. Strydom, Professor D.Y. Dzansi

“…Since the emergence of universities of technology (UoTs) in the higher education landscape of South Africa, their hotel schools have been at the forefront of vocation-oriented hospitality-curricula, thereby playing a leading role in the hospitality industry. Unfortunately, hotel schools are very costly because of their relatively high overhead costs and the fact that they admit relatively fewer numbers of students than other offering types. …”
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Using ChatGPT and Persuasive Technology for Personalized Recommendation Messages in Hotel Upselling by Manolis Remountakis, Konstantinos Kotis, Babis Kourtzis, George E. Tsekouras

“…Recommender systems have become indispensable tools in the hotel hospitality industry, enabling personalized and tailored experiences for guests. …”
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Examination of Content Types and Social Media Engagement Indicators on Facebook: Case Analysis of 5-Star Hotels of Visegrad Group Countries by Ludovit Nastisin, Richard Fedorko, Beata Gavurova, Radovan Bacik

“…Understanding these relationships and the dominant role of visual content can greatly inform and transform the way brands, especially in the hospitality industry, navigate their presence on social networks. …”
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Recommendation in the Age of Digital Communication: a Proposal for Business, Education, Social, Private Life Recommendation Scale (BESP-L) for Human Resources Communication by Barış Uçar, Goca Solak, Yaşar Göçer, Nevzat Arslan, Ufuk Demirci, Vecihi Demirci, Ümit Atabek

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Living with COVID-19 and Sustaining a Tourism Recovery—Adopting a Front-Line Collaborative Response between the Tourism Industry and Community Pharmacists by Glenn McCartney, Carolina Oi Lam Ung, José Ferreira Pinto

“…Since the start of the pandemic, dramatic lockdowns have been employed, resulting in dire economic and social consequences to the tourism and hospitality industry and creating the need for a more feasible and sustainable response in the post-pandemic era. …”
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DOES TRUSTWORTHINESS INFLUENCE TRAVEL SERVICE USE INTENTIONS AT AN ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCY? A STUDY ON THE DIGITALIZATION OF THE TOURISM SECTOR IN BANGLADESH by Md. Soleman MOLLIK, Sk. Mahrufur RAHMAN, Mohammad Robaitur RAHAT, Chowdhury Ummeh KULSUM, Saiful Anis Muhammad SAGIR

“…The use of online travel agency (OTA) in the sphere of tourism and hospitality industry is steadily rising along with digitalization. …”
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Methodological approaches to managing the development of sectoral ecosystems (on the example of the tourism industry) by Gamidullaeva Leyla, Finogeev Alexey

“…The information base of the study was the legal acts regulating the activities of participants in the tourism and hospitality industry in the Russian Federation; official materials of the Government of the Russian Federation; articles by domestic and foreign scientists on the management of the tourism industry; as well as previous research by the authors. …”
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Effects of information and communication technology improvement on revisit intention during Covid-19 by Mohammadjavad Shabankareh, Ali Sarhadi, Jahangir Hamzavi, Alireza Ranjbaran, Alireza Nazarian, Nuala OSullivan

“…Originality of the research- This study pioneered the evaluation of ICT in the tourism industry, focusing on the hospitality industry during the pandemic COVID -19. It also examined the direct impact of ICT improvements on revisit intentions during the pandemic. …”
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Level of pandemic consequences for the indebtedness of the Slovak hospitality sector by Katarina Valaskova, Pavol Durana, Tomas Kliestik, Simona Vojtekova

“…The local lockdowns and travel restrictions shocked the hospitality industry and its performance. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explain the effect of the pandemic on a particular economic sector, specifically NACE I (Accommodation and food service activities), and changes in financial indicators in Slovak circumstances for the period 2016–2021. …”
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Assessment of Batteries’ Contribution for Optimal Self-Sufficiency in Large Building Complexes by Emmanuel Karapidakis, Marios Nikologiannis, Marini Markaki, Ariadni Kikaki, Sofia Yfanti

“…One of the highest energy-demanding types of tourism-based businesses is the hospitality industry. Energy demands in hotels are driven by factors such as heating, cooling, lighting, and hot water. …”
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Editorial: Volume 2 - Issue 1 by Cihan Cobanoglu, Serdar Ongan

“…Last but not least, in the fifth paper, Carolin Lusby focuses on the American and Macau student perceptions towards working in the tourism and hospitality industry. Please provide feedback for the articles that are published in IIBA Journal. …”
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COFFEE VALUE SYMBIOSIS TOWARD A MOUNTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM IN THAILAND by Bussaba SITIKARN, Kannapat KANKAEW, Yothin SAWANGDEE, Athitaya PATHAN

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Exploratory Study of Romanian Generation Z Perceptions of Green Restaurants by Daniel I. Chiciudean, Vanessa P. Shonkwiler, Iulia C. Mureșan, Alina Zaharia, Gabriela O. Chiciudean

“…The hospitality industry has taken advantage of consumers’ increasing concerns regarding environmental issues. …”
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RESILIENCE OF TOURISM EMPLOYEES TO CHANGES CAUSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Tamara Božović, Ivana Blešić, Milena Nedeljković Knežević, Lukrecija Đeri, Tatjana Pivac

“…Respondents who participated in the research are employed in various sectors of tourism (travel agencies, travel organizations, tourist guides, employees in the hospitality industry, and academic sector). To achieve goals, the survey was conducted among 264 participants in November and December 2020. …”
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INDIGENOUS TOURISM: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ON LOCAL RESIDENTS, PHA MI VILLAGE, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND by Siripen YIAMJANYA, Kannapat KANKAEW, Bussaba SITIKARN, Palaunnapat SIRIWONGS, Cecile GERWEL PROCHES

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Balancing co-benefits and trade-offs between climate change mitigation and adaptation innovations under mixed crop-livestock systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe by Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Roberto O. Valdivia, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gevious Sisito, Elisha N. Moyo, Farai Mapanda

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Psychological Drivers of Hotel Guests’ Energy-Saving Behaviours—Empirical Research Based on the Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour by Qian-Cheng Wang, Ke-Xin Xie, Xuan Liu, Geoffrey Qi Ping Shen, Hsi-Hsien Wei, Tian-Yi Liu

“…The hospitality industry is an important energy consumer and carbon emitter. …”
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