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AIRTH Encyclopedia of Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality

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The source of tourism innovation-related knowledge you need in your classroom or your organization. Theoretical summaries help students, teachers, and practitioners understand theoretical backgrounds of innovation. Success/failure business cases illuminate the path for all of us!

TABLE OF CONTENTS*

* Work in constant progress. You are invited to contribute.

HISTORY AND FUTURE OF INNOVATION

BUSINESS INNOVATION CASES

Human innovations and tourism (interactive timeline)

Table of disruptive technologies & innovation (in tourism)

AIRTH's take on 2020 travel trends

FOUNDATIONS - INNOVATION

Diffusion of innovation theory

Disruptive innovation

Schumpeter’s theory of economic development

The process of innovation

The evaluation of innovation

FOUNDATIONS - DESIGN

Four ways that design can contribute to tourism innovation

Building a team of innovative problem-solvers (video)

Designing artificial intelligence (and everything else)

Lean Startup method

Lean Startup's role in corporate open innovation (video)

Learning from innovation failure in tourism (video)

Management of common risks in tourism innovation (video)

Why do we need prototypes in tourism?

Pro & Amateur Videos in Innovation Marketing Strategies

ADVANCED INNOVATION TOPICS

Destination renewal

Digital transformation in tourism

Entrepreneurship - a relational approach

Forest tourism

Forest innovation potentials

Forest tourism’s need for innovation-friendly legislation

Innovation newness

Knowledge redundancy in collaboration networks

Servant leadership

Social sustainability gaps in tourism

Tourism innovations through big data analytics

CONFERENCES

Selected ENTER/AIRTH 2020 conference presentations

Selected AIRTH 2019 conference presentations

AUSTRIA

Socially run hotel

DENMARK

Shower device nudging hotel guests to save water

ISRAEL

Video-based trip planner

ITALY

Albergo Diffuso, from disaster to innovation

Fair(er) home sharing

JAPAN

Regional revitalization through contemporary art

Robot-assisted low-cost hotel

NETHERLANDS

Connected-community hotel

Doing-good hotel brand

SLOVENIA

Beer fountain

Green certification scheme

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SPAIN

Underwater museum

World's first underwater wine cellar

SWEDEN

Ice hotel

TURKEY

Hotel for children

UAE

Indoor ski resort and snow park

USA

Bringing automation to specialty coffee

Holistic revitalization of rural towns

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Ice hotel

Introduction Founded in 1989, Icehotel is a hotel and art exhibit that is (re)made of ice and snow each year. Located in Jukkasjärvi, a Swedish...

Fair(er) home sharing

Introduction Fairbnb, a startup that is based in Bologna, Italy, is the culmination of the efforts of autonomous groups in different cities that...

Video-based trip planner

Introduction SeeVoov is a video-based trip planning platform that is the first (and currently only one) of its kind; putting a twist on the traditional...

Indoor ski resort and snow park

Introduction Ski Dubai is the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East. It was opened in 2005, and it is known for its family-friendly character....

Lean Startup's role in corporate open innovation (video)

The rapid technological changes require the corporations not to rely solely on their R&D departments but also on 3rd parties - startups, academy and...

Regional revitalization through contemporary art

“SUZU 2017: Oku-Noto Triennale”: The Road to Regional Revitalization through Contemporary Art Kotaro NAKAMURA, Japan Advanced Institute of Science...

Shower device nudging hotel guests to save water

Aguardio Sensor and Display (Denmark) Description of the innovation A small Aguardio Sensor and Display have been installed in the shower...

Table of disruptive technologies & innovation (in tourism)

Richard Watson , an author, lecturer, and futurist, has developed a table consisting of 100 potentially disruptive technologies, capable of significant...

Building a team of innovative problem-solvers

What makes an efficient innovating team who will wisely sail through the complex and highly disruptive waters of tourism and any other discipline?...

Slovenia - AIRTH Encyclopedia business cases

In addition to cases presented on the first page of encyclopedia.airth.global , here are several other developed and adopted innovations in Slovenia...

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