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Digitization trends in hospitality and tourism

Montaudon-Tomas Cynthia, Pinto-López Ingrid, Yáñez-Moneda Alicia

Article ID: 1709
Vol 2, Issue 2, 2021

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This paper discusses the main trends that digitalization has brought about in hospitality and tourism. The basic approaches of Industry 4.0 and the processes and levels of technification are presented, as well as the digitization that has taken place in the tourism sector, highlighting the main technologies such as digital applications, mobile devices, Big Data, the internet of things, virtual assistants, the cloud, virtual and augmented reality, robots and chatbots, as well as new designations for tourism activities, such as smart tourism and e-tourism.

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trends; digitalization; technologies; Industry 4.0; tourism sector; smart tourism and e-tourism

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/st.v2i2.1709
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