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Advances in Hospitality and Tourism
This new volume, Digital Transformation and Sustainable Tourism 4.0: AI, Smart Destinations, and the Metaverse, explores how emerging digital technologies are reshaping tourism while preserving cultural heritage, supporting traditional livelihoods, and advancing sustainable development. Exploring how Tourism 4.0 evolves through big data analytics, artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0 technologies, and immersive virtual environments, this volume demonstrates that innovation can enhance tourism without compromising authenticity, local identity, or community well-being. CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: Nilanjan Ray, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, JIS University, Kolkata, India Nilanjan Ray, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Management Studies at JIS University, Kolkata, India. He has more than 16 years of academic experience and eight years of research expertise. Before joining JIS University, he held several academic and administrative positions, including Associate Professor and Head of the Department at the Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Development, where he also served as Director of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). Earlier, he was Associate Professor of Marketing Management and Centre Coordinator for Research in Business Analytics in the School of Business and Economics at Adamas University. Dr. Ray is actively engaged in funded research and currently serves as principal investigator of an ICSSR-sponsored project focused on socioeconomic impact studies. He has supervised several doctoral scholars and guided more than 55 postgraduate research projects. His scholarly output includes more than 100 research papers published in refereed national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has edited research handbooks published by leading international publishers, including Springer, IGI Global, and Apple Academic Press. In addition, he holds two German patents and 16 Indian copyrights. Dr. Ray serves as a reviewer for several leading journals, including Tourism Management, the Journal of Services Marketing, the Journal of Business and Economics, and the Research Journal of Business and Management Accounting, and is a member of the editorial boards of several refereed journals. He has also organized numerous faculty development programs, doctoral colloquia, and national and international conferences. His research interests include services marketing, tourism marketing, socio-economic impact studies, and business analytics. His qualifications include PhD, MBA (Marketing), MCom (Marketing), an STC in Financial Market Regulation and Management (IIT Kharagpur), and Accredited Management Teacher (AMT) certification from the All India Management Association. Ahmad Albattat, PhD Associate Professor and Program Leader, School of Global Hospitality and Tourism, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ahmad Albattat, PhD, is Associate Professor and Program Leader in the School of Global Hospitality and Tourism at Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He also serves as Visiting Professor and External Examiner at Medan Academy of Tourism, Indonesia. Previously, he held academic appointments at Management and Science University, Malaysia; Ammon Applied University College, Jordan; and the Sustainable Tourism Research Cluster, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Before entering academia, Dr. Albattat spent 17 years in the Jordanian hospitality industry, bringing extensive professional experience to his teaching, research, and consultancy activities. His teaching areas include hospitality management, events management, research methodology, strategic management, and graduate research supervision. An active researcher, he has published widely in refereed international journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters. He also serves as an editor, reviewer, and member of the editorial and scientific boards of numerous international journals and scholarly book projects. His research interests encompass hospitality and tourism management, hotel operations, events management, emergency planning, disaster preparedness, sustainable development goals, and human resource management. He earned a PhD in Hospitality Management from Universiti Sains Malaysia, specializing in disaster and emergency planning and preparedness. Indrajit Ghosal, PhD Associate Professor, School of Management and Commerce, Brainware University, Barasat, Kolkata, India Indrajit Ghosal, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Management and Commerce at Brainware University, Barasat, Kolkata, India. He has more than 16 years of teaching and research experience in higher education. Before joining Brainware University, he served as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Poornima University, Jaipur, India. Dr. Ghosal was awarded the Fellow in Research Project Management (FRPM) in 2017. He has published more than 60 research papers in reputed international journals and conference proceedings and has presented numerous research papers and case studies at national and international conferences. He has also authored more than five books and contributed chapters to several edited volumes. In addition to his research publications, Dr. Ghosal serves as editor of more than eight forthcoming academic books to be published by leading international publishers. A frequent keynote speaker, resource person, and session chair, Dr. Ghosal has delivered invited lectures at more than 30 conferences, workshops, and seminars hosted by universities and academic institutions. He also serves as a reviewer for journals indexed in Scopus, the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC), the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS), and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). In addition, he has served as a PhD examiner and research supervisor, mentoring PhD scholars and MPhil scholars. Dr. Ghosal is a member of several international academic and professional associations. His research interests include digital marketing, consumer behavior, online marketing, entrepreneurship, e-commerce, and digital business, areas in which he continues to contribute through research, teaching, and academic leadership. |
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