Constrained and virtually traveling? Exploring the effect of travel constraints on intention to use virtual reality in tourism

AF Schiopu, RI Hornoiu, AM Padurean, AM Nica - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic gravely affected the travel industry, with many changes in terms of
customers' attitudes and behavior. Since people had limited ability to visit far-away …

[HTML][HTML] On your marks, headset, go! Understanding the building blocks of metaverse realms

BJ Keegan, IP McCarthy, J Kietzmann, AI Canhoto - Business Horizons, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2011, Business Horizons published the 'social media honeycomb'paper to help
managers and scholars understand what was, then, a new form of media, its various …

Exploring tourist interaction from user-generated content: Topic analysis and content analysis

Q Yan, T Jiang, S Zhou… - Journal of Vacation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to identify the interaction actors, experiences, and results of tourists during
their travels. Latent Dirichlet Allocation theme analysis was used to identify different themes …

Unveiling the impact of interpersonal interactions on brand love: Insights from a dual-path framework

J Li, F Ma, X Shao, X Zhang - Journal of Travel Research, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The question of how to build meaningful relationships between customers and service
brands has received considerable attention. Yet the academic literature has largely focused …

How other customers influence customer citizenship behavior in theme parks: the role of customer-customer rapport

MY Wu, S Ye, S Ye, Q Li - Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This study underlines customers' value to contemporary theme parks in terms of customer
citizenship behavior (CCB). Considering the frequency of customer-to-customer interaction …

High expectations: How tourists cope With disappointing vacation experiences

MI Hossain, H Oppewal, D Tojib - Journal of Travel …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates how expectations, locus attribution and disappointment determine
co** behaviors when tourists encounter a negative vacation experience. Drawing upon …

Group conflict and group harmony affect future female companion travel intentions: The mediating effect of female companion travel experience

X Wang, XF Li, IKW Lai - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2024 - Elsevier
When women travel together, the social identity of the members creates group harmony, but
disagreements over travel arrangements create intragroup conflict. This study draws on the …

The future of research on customer-to-customer interaction (CCI)

R Nicholls - A research agenda for service marketing, 2024 - elgaronline.com
Customer-to-customer interaction (CCI) is a term that potentially refers to a vast range of
phenomena and it has been used in diverse ways by different authors (Nicholls, 2020) …

Ritualized host-tourist interaction and storytelling intentions: the roles of sense of belonging and group size

L Su, X Hu, SR Swanson, X He - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Guided by interaction ritual chains theory, this research assesses the relationship of
ritualized host-tourist interactions on sense of belonging and storytelling intentions, using …

Antecedents of rapport and its mediating role on relational cohesion in patient-physician interaction

Y Nath, P Kumar, MP Pradeep - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Increasing competition in healthcare services, it is imperative that physicians and family-care
practitioners seek ways to attract and retain patients. Building relationships with existing …