Adoption of cloud computing in hotel industry as emerging services

Elaine Vella, Longzhi Yang, Naveed Anwar, Nanlin Jin*

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Abstract

The hotel industry is experiencing forces of change as a result of data explosion, social media, increased individualized expectations by customers. It is thus appealing to study the cloud computing adoption in the hotel industry to respond such changes. This paper reported an investigation on such topic by identifying the cloud computing services and summarising their benefits and challenges in organization, management and operation. The research findings were comparatively studied in reference to the results appeared in the literature. In addition, recommendations were made for both cloud service providers and hotels in strategic planning, investment, and management of cloud-oriented services.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransforming Digital Worlds - 13th International Conference, iConference 2018, Proceedings
EditorsGobinda Chowdhury, Julie McLeod, Val Gillet, Peter Willett
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages218-228
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319781044
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Transforming Digital Worlds, iConference 2018 - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Duration: 25 Mar 201828 Mar 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10766 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Transforming Digital Worlds, iConference 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CitySheffield
Period25/03/1828/03/18

Keywords

  • Cloud computing
  • Cloud service adoption
  • Hospitality

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