Chapter 4 AI in Hospitality and Event Management Enhancing Guest and Attendee Experiences

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• Ayse Çelik Yetim, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (Author) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9577-302X
• Necibe Sen, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University (Author) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-3961

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• Roya Rahimi, Reader in Marketing and Leisure Management , University of Wolverhampton, Business School, UK (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7520-3273
• Nikolaos Stylos, Associate Professor (Reader) in Marketing and Digital Innovation , University of Bristol, UK (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-0088
• Professor Eva M. Navarro-López, Full Professor, School of Interactive Games and Media , Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-6943
• Professor Prashant Pillai MBE, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, , University of Wolverhampton, UK (Editor) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-5030

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Yetim, A.�. & Sen, N. (2025) "Chapter 4 AI in Hospitality and Event Management Enhancing Guest and Attendee Experiences" In: Rahimi, R., Stylos, N., Navarro-López, P.E.M., MBE, P.P.P. & , (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781915097859-6109

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