AI, Blockchain, and Metaverse in Hospitality and Tourism Industry 4.0: Case Studies and Analysis
暫譯: AI、區塊鏈與元宇宙在旅宿與觀光產業 4.0：案例研究與分析

本書對人工智慧（AI）、區塊鏈（blockchain）和元宇宙（metaverse）技術在酒店和旅遊業的整合進行了深入探討，以研究這些技術在徹底改變該行業方面的潛力。

Adel Ben Youssef
Professor University Côte d'Azur (GREDEG-CNRS) & Economic Research Forum Google scholar
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Adel Ben Youssef is Associate Professor at the University Côte d'Azur and has a PhD from The University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis. He worked for University Paris Sud and the EDHEC Business School before joining the University of Nice. Ben Youssef has coordinated several research projects in multilingual and multicultural setting for the African Development Bank, the European Commission, several French ministries, the Economic Research Forum Cairo, and UNDP. Ben Youssef has published more than 60 academic papers in different fields such as digital economics, industrial economics, environmental and resources economics. His publications appear in World Development, Environmental and Resources Economics, Energy Economics, Technological Forecasting and Structural Change, Journal of Agriculture and Food Industrial Organization, Energy Policy, Energy and Development Economics, Oxford Development Studies, Middle East Development Journal, Economics Bulletin, Journal of Applied Business Research, European Journal of Industrial Economics and Policy, among others.

Pushan Kumar Dutta
Assistant Professor Grade III, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University,
Kolkata, India
E-Mail: pkdutta@kol.amity.edu
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Pushan Kumar Dutta is a distinguished assistant professor in Grade III at Amity University Kolkata, specializing in electronics and communication engineering. He holds a PhD from Jadavpur University and completed a postdoctorate with a scholarship from the Erasmus Mundus Association at the University of Oradea, Romania. Dutta has an extensive research background with diverse interests, including data mining, AI, edge computing, predictive analytics, earthquake precursor study, and more. As an accomplished editor, he has edited multiple books for reputable publishers such as IET, IGI Global, De Gruyter CRC Press Elsevier, and Springer. He has also authored numerous book chapters and serves as a reviewer for renowned publishers like Springer, Wiley, CRC, Apple Academic Press, Taylor & Francis. Dutta's contributions to academia include over 42 articles published in Scopus- indexed journals along with several IEEE Xplore articles and Springer Lecture Notes publications in 2023 alone. His expertise is recognized globally through keynote speeches delivered at international events like the Data Science Europe Summit. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dutta actively mentors students and coordinates sports and innovation competitions at Amity University Kolkata. He teaches classes on Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, and engineering while being involved in various technical programming committees for prestigious conferences worldwide. Furthermore, his achievements include receiving the ATAL NITI Aayog Mentor of Change recognition from National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. Under his guidance, a group won the Best Presentation Award worth $1000 during the Tech Connections session held by Johnson Controls. Dutta's passion for education is evident through his copyright entitled "Innovative Digital Teaching and Learning for Professional Readiness". He has an H-index of 13 and 768 citations to date. He continues to make significant contributions to the field of electronics and communication engineering.

Ruchi Doshi
PhD, IEEE Senior Member Founder Chair, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Liberia
Associate Professor and Research Supervisor, Department of CSE Universidad Azteca, Mexico
Email: ruchi.doshi@univ-azteca.edu; doshiruchi18@gmail.com
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Ruchi Doshi has more than 16 years of academic, research, and software development experience in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Currently she is working as Research Supervisor and Associate Professor at the Azteca University, Mexico, and Adjunct Professor at the Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women's University, Rajasthan, India. She worked at the BlueCrest University College, Liberia, Africa; BlueCrest University College, Ghana, Africa; Amity University, India; Trimax IT Infrastructure & Services, India. She is interested in the field of machine learning and cloud computing framework development. She has published research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences; three Indian patents; three books on cloud computing, machine learning, mobile cloud computing, intelligent IoT systems for big data analysis, and mobile application development. She is reviewer, advisor, ambassador, and editorial board member of various reputed international journals and conferences with IEEE, Springer, and Elsevier. She is an active member in organizing many international seminars, workshops, and conferences. She is nominated by IEEE Headquarter, USA, for the Chair of Women in Engineering (WIE) position in Liberia, West Africa.

Manohar Sajnani
Editor-in-Chief--Amity Research Journal of Tourism, Aviation and Hospitality (ARJTAH), Dean Faculty
of Hospitality & Tourism, Director, Amity Institute of Travel & Tourism, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh, Noida, Mentor, Amity Scholl of Film and Drama & Amity School of Communication, Amity
University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India
Email: msajnani@amity.edu
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Manohar Sajnani is a celebrated professional with more than 30 years of teaching and industry experience, and is a destination marketing and tourism management expert with specialization in information communication technologies in tourism and hospitality industry. His research areas are interdisciplinary, cutting across several disciplines, including people management and tourism business laws, creating value for both travel organizations and the end users. He is a consultant, scholar, distinguished academician, and a thought leader in true sense, who is known for his passion to bring practical orientation to academics in tourism and hospitality across different levels of education. He is researching, lecturing, advising, and consulting tourism and hospitality organizations, and his books and publications are referred widely by all sections of tourism and hospitality industry. He is known for engaging audience during his keynote presentations and deliberations at seminars and conferences globally. As a member of PATA (Education & Training Committee) as well as Think Tank World Tourism Forum--Lucerne, Switzerland--he has constructively contributed, and his dynamic engagement continues toward the betterment of members of all related communities and stakeholders.

阿德爾·本·尤瑟夫
法國藍色海岸大學（GREDEG-CNRS）教授及經濟研究論壇成員
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阿德爾·本·尤瑟夫是法國藍色海岸大學的副教授，擁有尼斯索非亞-安提波利斯大學的博士學位。他曾在巴黎南大學和EDHEC商學院工作，之後加入尼斯大學。本·尤瑟夫協調過多個多語言和多文化的研究項目，合作機構包括非洲開發銀行、歐洲委員會、幾個法國部門、開羅經濟研究論壇及聯合國開發計劃署。他在數位經濟、產業經濟、環境與資源經濟等不同領域發表了超過60篇學術論文。其出版物出現在《世界發展》、《環境與資源經濟學》、《能源經濟學》、《技術預測與結構變遷》、《農業與食品產業組織期刊》、《能源政策》、《能源與發展經濟學》、《牛津發展研究》、《中東發展期刊》、《經濟學公報》、《應用商業研究期刊》、《歐洲產業經濟與政策期刊》等。

普尚·庫馬·達塔
印度加爾各答阿米提大學工程與技術學院三級助理教授
電子郵件：pkdutta@kol.amity.edu
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普尚·庫馬·達塔是印度加爾各答阿米提大學三級的傑出助理教授，專攻電子與通信工程。他擁有賈達夫普大學的博士學位，並在羅馬尼亞奧拉迪亞大學完成了獲得Erasmus Mundus協會獎學金的博士後研究。達塔擁有廣泛的研究背景，興趣涵蓋數據挖掘、人工智慧、邊緣計算、預測分析、地震前兆研究等。他作為編輯，為IET、IGI Global、De Gruyter CRC Press、Elsevier和Springer等知名出版社編輯了多本書籍。他還撰寫了多篇書章，並擔任Springer、Wiley、CRC、Apple Academic Press、Taylor & Francis等知名出版社的審稿人。達塔在學術界的貢獻包括在Scopus索引期刊上發表超過42篇文章，以及2023年發表的多篇IEEE Xplore文章和Springer講義。他的專業知識在國際活動中得到全球認可，如在數據科學歐洲峰會上發表主題演講。除了學術追求，達塔還積極指導學生，並協調阿米提大學加爾各答校區的體育和創新競賽。他教授物聯網（IoT）、機器人技術和工程課程，同時參與全球各大會議的技術編程委員會。此外，他的成就包括獲得印度國家轉型機構（NITI Aayog）頒發的ATAL NITI Aayog變革導師認可。在他的指導下，一組在約翰遜控制公司舉辦的技術連接會議中獲得了價值1000美元的最佳演示獎。達塔對教育的熱情體現在他的著作《創新數位教學與學習以促進專業準備》中。他的H指數為13，至今有768次引用。他繼續在電子與通信工程領域做出重要貢獻。

魯奇·多希
博士，IEEE資深會員，創始主席，IEEE女性工程師（WIE）利比里亞分會
墨西哥阿茲特克大學計算機科學系副教授及研究指導
電子郵件：ruchi.doshi@univ-azteca.edu; doshiruchi18@gmail.com
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魯奇·多希在亞洲、歐洲和非洲擁有超過16年的學術、研究和軟體開發經驗。目前，她在墨西哥阿茲特克大學擔任研究指導和副教授，並在印度拉賈斯坦邦的喬提大學擔任兼任教授。她曾在利比里亞的藍克雷斯特大學、加納的藍克雷斯特大學、印度的阿米提大學及印度的Trimax IT基礎設施與服務公司工作。她對機器學習和雲計算框架開發感興趣。她在同行評審的國際期刊和會議上發表了研究論文，擁有三項印度專利，並出版了三本關於雲計算、機器學習、移動雲計算、智能物聯網系統進行大數據分析和移動應用開發的書籍。她是多個知名國際期刊和會議的審稿人、顧問、大使和編輯委員會成員，與IEEE、Springer和Elsevier合作。她積極參與組織多個國際研討會、工作坊和會議。她被IEEE總部（美國）提名為利比里亞女性工程師（WIE）主席。

馬諾哈·薩賈尼
《阿米提旅遊、航空與酒店研究期刊》（ARJTAH）主編，阿米提大學酒店與旅遊學院院長，阿米提旅遊與酒店學院主任，印度烏塔爾邦諾伊達阿米提大學，阿米提電影與戲劇學院及阿米提傳播學院導師
電子郵件：msajnani@amity.edu
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馬諾哈·薩賈尼是一位享譽盛名的專業人士，擁有超過30年的教學和行業經驗，是目的地行銷和旅遊管理專家，專注於旅遊和酒店業的信息通信技術。他的研究領域是跨學科的，涵蓋多個學科，包括人員管理和旅遊商業法，為旅行組織和最終用戶創造價值。他是一位顧問、學者、傑出的學者和真正的思想領袖，以其將實踐導向帶入旅遊和酒店學術界的熱情而聞名。他正在研究、講授、諮詢和顧問旅遊和酒店組織，他的書籍和出版物在旅遊和酒店業的各個層面被廣泛引用。他以在全球研討會和會議上的主題演講和討論中吸引觀眾而聞名。作為PATA（教育與培訓委員會）及瑞士盧塞恩世界旅遊論壇智庫的成員，他做出了建設性的貢獻，並持續積極參與改善所有相關社區和利益相關者的成員。