Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21487
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Resistance to customer-driven business model innovations : an explorative customer experience study on voice assistant services of a Swiss tourism destination
Authors: Rozumowski, Anna
Schäfer, Wolfgang
Klaas, Michael
et. al: No
DOI: 10.30958/ajt.7-4-1
10.21256/zhaw-21487
Published in: Athens Journal of Tourism
Volume(Issue): 7
Issue: 4
Page(s): 191
Pages to: 208
Issue Date: Dec-2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Athens Institute for Education and Research
ISSN: 2241-8148
Language: English
Subjects: Business model innovation; Customer experience; Destination management; Resistance to innovation; Swiss destination marketing; Voice search; Tourism marketing
Subject (DDC): 306.48: Free time and tourism
658.8: Marketing management
Abstract: For tourism, voice search is a promising tool with a considerable impact on tourist experience. For example, voice search might not only simplify the booking process of flights and hotels but also change local search for tourist information. Against this backdrop, our pilot study analyzes the current state of voice search in a Swiss tourism destination so that providers can benefit from those new opportunities. We conducted interviews with nine experts in Swiss tourism marketing. They agree that voice search offers a significant opportunity as a new and diverse channel in tourism. Moreover, this technology provides new marketing measures and a more efficient use of resources. However, possible threats to this innovation are data protection regulation and providers’ lack of skills and financial resources. Furthermore, the diversity of Swiss dialects pushes voice search to its limits. Finally, our study confirms that tourism destinations should cooperate to implement voice search within their touristic regions. In conclusion, following our initial findings from the sample destination, voice search remains of minor importance for tourist marketing in Switzerland as evident in the given low use of resources. Following this initial investigation of voice search in a Swiss tourism destination, we recommended conducting further qualitative interviews on tourists’ voice search experience in different tourist destinations.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21487
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial 4.0 International
Departement: School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit: Institute of Marketing Management (IMM)
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Rozumowski, A., Schäfer, W., & Klaas, M. (2020). Resistance to customer-driven business model innovations : an explorative customer experience study on voice assistant services of a Swiss tourism destination. Athens Journal of Tourism, 7(4), 191–208. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajt.7-4-1
Rozumowski, A., Schäfer, W. and Klaas, M. (2020) ‘Resistance to customer-driven business model innovations : an explorative customer experience study on voice assistant services of a Swiss tourism destination’, Athens Journal of Tourism, 7(4), pp. 191–208. Available at: https://doi.org/10.30958/ajt.7-4-1.
A. Rozumowski, W. Schäfer, and M. Klaas, “Resistance to customer-driven business model innovations : an explorative customer experience study on voice assistant services of a Swiss tourism destination,” Athens Journal of Tourism, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 191–208, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.30958/ajt.7-4-1.
ROZUMOWSKI, Anna, Wolfgang SCHÄFER und Michael KLAAS, 2020. Resistance to customer-driven business model innovations : an explorative customer experience study on voice assistant services of a Swiss tourism destination. Athens Journal of Tourism. Dezember 2020. Bd. 7, Nr. 4, S. 191–208. DOI 10.30958/ajt.7-4-1
Rozumowski, Anna, Wolfgang Schäfer, and Michael Klaas. 2020. “Resistance to Customer-Driven Business Model Innovations : An Explorative Customer Experience Study on Voice Assistant Services of a Swiss Tourism Destination.” Athens Journal of Tourism 7 (4): 191–208. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajt.7-4-1.
Rozumowski, Anna, et al. “Resistance to Customer-Driven Business Model Innovations : An Explorative Customer Experience Study on Voice Assistant Services of a Swiss Tourism Destination.” Athens Journal of Tourism, vol. 7, no. 4, Dec. 2020, pp. 191–208, https://doi.org/10.30958/ajt.7-4-1.


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