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http://dx.doi.org/10.52255/smarttourism.2021.1.2.3

Adoption of Smart Sustainability Performance Measurement System (SPMS) in Hotels and Variations across Ratings, Reviews, and Operational Efficiency Scores  

Ning, Xue (University of Colorado Denver)
Yim, Dobin (Loyola University Maryland)
Khuntia, Jiban (University of Colorado Denver)
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Journal of Smart Tourism / v.1, no.2, 2021 , pp. 13-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hotels have recently started to implement enterprise information systems to measure and report sustainability indicators in a smart manner. However, a complex ownership structure in a hotel chain prevents full smart systems adoption at the individual property level. This study explores how a smart sustainability performance measurement system (SPMS) for waste management adoption correlates with customer ratings, customer reviews, operational efficiency scores, and between franchised and corporate-managed properties. We derive insights from the secondary data constructed from multiple sources for a large multinational hotel chain hotel. The findings suggest that hotels that adopt SPMS have better operational efficiency scores and more customer reviews. Within the hotels that adopted SPMS, corporate-managed hotels have a lower level of ratings than franchised hotels, but they have higher operational efficiency scores and more reviews. We discuss research implications for the concept of smart tourism and hotel management literature and managerial implications.
Keywords
SPMS; hotel performance; hotel ownership; sustainability management; smart hotel;
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