Celebrity endorsement in tourism: Attention, emotional arousal and familiarity

B Liu, B Moyle, A Kralj, Y Li - Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Celebrity endorsement in tourism is utilised by global marketing practitioners to attract
tourists to visit destinations. Despite this, studies are yet to assess the efficacy of two specific …

Celebrity endorsement in international destination marketing: Evidence from eye-tracking techniques and laboratory experiments

Y Li, B Liu, L ** theory, this study investigates the extent to which service recovery
strategies (eg, firm-level apologies; compensation; feedback loops) stimulate customer …

Service robot's responses in service recovery and service evaluation: the moderating role of robots' social perception

M Shan, Z Zhu, H Chen, S Sun - Journal of hospitality marketing & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Service robots are used in all aspects of the service industry and improve business
efficiency dramatically. However, service robot failures are also prevalent. This paper …

Empathic accuracy in artificial intelligence service recovery

X Xu, N Wen, J Liu - Tourism Review, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) agents have been increasingly applied in the tourism and
hospitality industry. However, AI service failure is inevitable. Thus, AI service recovery merits …

Conceptualizing the role of virtual service agents in service failure recovery: Guiding insights

S Majeed, WG Kim, R Nimri - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2024 - Elsevier
The hospitality industry employs artificial intelligence (AI) to positively influence customer
psychological reactions and behavior. Our research addresses the challenges posed by AI …

Destination image recovery with tourism mascots

JB Xu, L Yan, S Pratt - Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Cute mascots endowed with local cultural meanings can reignite the positive sentiment of
both residents and potential tourists when a tourism destination suffers from a negative …

When and how sharing tourism experiences on social media backfires: TMSP model of sharing driven outcomes

B Liu, B Moyle, A Kralj - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Sharing tourism experiences on social media is a topical area in contemporary tourism
research. However, existing studies tend to exclusively emphasise positive outcomes. This …