Hospitality and Service Excellence

Suggested by Professor Rohit Verma, Founding Provost of VinUniversity, these must-read pieces of knowledge will provide readers with valuable insights into the Service Excellence domain. The information will be divided into two sections: Latest Highlights and Foundational Knowledge. Scroll down to find out what is recommended this month!

Hospitality and  Service Excellence
Professor John Evans, MBUS, MSc, PhD (UIUC), FCPA
Finance & Accounting
"It is never too late to be what you want to be" - George Elliot.

Hosted by Professor John Evans, MBUS, MSc, PhD (UIUC), FCPA

Prior to joining VinUni, Professor John Evans was the Pro Vice Chancellor and President of Curtin University Dubai campus. Professor Evans has held numerous senior leadership roles in Higher Education and has extensive senior academic international experience. Professor Evans is an active researcher and publishes and teaches mainly in the fields of Corporate Governance, Financial Control and Financial Accounting. He is a Fellow of the CPA and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).

Finance & Accounting
"It is never too late to be what you want to be" - George Elliot.

Latest Highlights

This provides important insights into the area and industry, business, or industry forecast to facilitate systematic analysis of past and present conditions of drawing inferences about the future

The Future of CX: 2022
Editor(s): Freshworks
First published: 2022
Category: Article

The Future of CX: 2022

Digitalization Hospitality Service Excellence
Redefine Speed In Your Customer Service Strategy
Editor(s): Forrester
First published: 2021
Category: Article

Redefine Speed In Your Customer Service Strategy

Digitalization Hospitality Service Excellence
The Experience Equation: How Happy Employees And Customers Accelerate Growth
Editor(s): Forbes Insights
First published: 2020
Category: Article
Customer emotions minute by minute: How guests experience different emotions within the same service environment
Editor(s): Edwin N.Torres, WeiWei, NanHua, Po-JuChen
First published: January 2019
Category: Article
Being Moved or Being Satisfied? The Effect of Unexpected Acts of Personal Kindness in Hospitality Service Encounters
Editor(s): Michele Griessmair, Spring H. Han, Hisashi Masuda
First published: July 16, 2020
Category: Article
The Leading Edge Of Digital Customer Experience
Editor(s): Jason Compton
Customer Experience in the Age of AI
Editor(s): David C. Edelman, Mark Abraham
First published: March - April 2022
Category: Article

Customer Experience in the Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence Hospitality Service Excellence
Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the impacts of service robots in urban hotel rooms
Editor(s): Lina Zhong, Rohit Verma, Wenqi Wei, Alastair M. Morrsion, Liyu Yang
First published: February 2022
DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101846
Category: Article
The “New You” Business
Editor(s): Lance A. Bettencourt, B. Joseph Pine II, James H. Gilmore, David W. Norton
First published: January - February 2022
Category: Article

The “New You” Business

Businesss Model Consumer behavior Customer centricity

Foundational Knowledge

Suggestions for good readings

Welcome to the Experience Economy
Editor(s): B. Joseph Pine II, James H. Gilmore
First published: July - August 1998
Book Series: Winning in Service Markets Series
Editor(s): Jochen Wirtz
First published: January 2017
DOI: https://www.worldscientific.com/series/wsms
Environmental Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry: Best Practices, Guest Participation, and Customer Satisfaction
Editor(s): Bruns-Smith, Alexandra; Choy, Vanessa; Chong, Howard; Verma, Rohit
First published: March, 2015
DOI: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/71174