This document discusses technology management in tourism. It outlines learning objectives around technological innovations and their influence on tourism. Key points discussed include how new technologies are transforming the travel experience and requiring tourism companies to rethink their strategies. Emerging technologies mentioned that could impact tourism include augmented reality, virtual reality, the internet of things, the internet of emotions, and technologies enabling smart tourism destinations. Examples of technology solutions in tourism are provided and the conclusion emphasizes how technologies will increasingly be used to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and personalize customer experiences in the tourism industry.

1. 3rd Edition
Strategic Management
In Tourism
Edited by
LUIZ MOUTINHO AND
ALFONSO VARGAS SÁNCHEZ
COMPLIMENTARY TEACHING
MATERIALS
C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S

2. CHAPTER 10
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN TOURISM
LUIZ MOUTINHO, ALFONSO VARGAS-SÁNCHEZ AND
MARÍA MORAL-MORAL
C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Explaining the main technological innovations
nowadays and their influence on tourism.
• Being aware of some experiences of
technological innovation and its implementation
in the tourism industry.
• Emphasizing the opportunities and benefits of
incorporating new technological advances in
tourism.
C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S

4. C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S
INTRODUCTION: TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
• New technologies are transforming (or
reinventing) the travel experience, with deep
strategic implications for tourism companies and
the whole industry (new business models, etc.).
• Technology and innovation are intimately bound,
and innovation is undoubtedly at the heart of the
discourse on strategy and competitiveness.
• Tourism companies must rethink what they do as
a result of tech changes. Every aspect of tourist
interaction must be scrutinized and, in particular,
new technological solutions are being very useful
for this analysis and the corresponding
improvement.
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5. C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S
INTRODUCTION: TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
The future of tourism is being significantly impacted
by a bunch of new technologies in permanent
evolution: Augmented Reality; Touchwalls; eMotion
Walls; Sensor Tiles; Natural Language Processing;
Real-time translation; Green technologies; Usage of
3D; Human-Computer interaction; Remote Control
Tourist; Biometrics; Voice prints; Voice recognition;
Facial coding; Communicating objects; Interactive
electronic papers; Radio Frequency Identification;
Virtual Reality + Augmented Reality = Mixed
Reality; Near Field Communication; Fingertip; Eye
scan; DNA scan; QR codes; etc.
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6. C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S
TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS: INFLUENCING
TOURISM
• Having experienced the evolution from the World
Wide Web in the 1990s to the mobile Internet in
the beginning of the 21st century, we are heading
towards the Internet of Things, which is likely the
tech phenomenon with a deeper influence in the
years to come.
• However, the Internet of Things is already
moving into a new level: the Internet of Emotions.
Internet has started being emotional.
• Tourists could be segmented based on their
emotions, helping to design and offer
personalized experiences (and advertisements)
according to people’s moods.
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7. C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S
TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS: INFLUENCING
TOURISM
Smart tourism
• A Smart Tourist Destination is based on an
extensive use of cutting edge technologies in
order to create an advanced digital space able to
improve the whole management of the
destination. It is built on the values of innovation
and sustainability, working to improve the
tourist’s experience and enhance the quality of
life of local communities (residents).
• Spain has been the pioneer country in
establishing the requirements of a management
system for Smart Tourist Destinations through the
norm UNE 178501:2016.
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8. C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR TOURISM: SOME
EXPERIENCES
• The future of tourism is determined by a range of
new technologies in permanent evolution, listed
in section 1.
• New technological solutions are intended to
improve the experience of tourists and increase
their level of satisfaction. In addition, they can
serve some tourist segments, such as people
with disabilities and reduced mobility.
• In the near future, our daily lives (also as tourists)
will be much more technology dependent. In this
section a number of examples are offered,
related to various types of technologies.
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9. C A B I T O U R I S M T E X T S
CONCLUSIONS
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• New technologies will be increasingly used to
drastically increase efficiency, reduce costs,
personalize the customer experience and improve
service.
• Nowadays, the greatest efforts are being made in
the areas of machine learning, natural language
processing, voice recognition and chatbots. All of
them are related and Artificial Intelligence can play
a key role in all.
• Within the current hyper-dynamic environment,
experimentation is the new planning. Any
organization has to be transformed into an engine
of possibilities, into an evolving portfolio of strategic
experiments.