Cecilia Pasquinelli, PhD (e-mail: [...] is an Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management at the Department of Management and Quantitative Studies, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy. She obtained her PhD in Management, Competitiveness and Development at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy). She previously worked as a researcher in the GSSI Cities, Gran Sasso Science Institute in L'Aquila, Italy and in the Department of Social and Economic Geography at Uppsala University, Sweden, where she joined the Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Place Management and Development (Emerald). She is a senior fellow at the Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and an affiliate professor at the Institute of Management, Scuola Sant'Anna (Italy). She developed several action research projects on tourism development, local sustainable development and innovation policies in collaboration with local, regional and national authorities. Her research interests include place branding, sustainable tourism and urban overtourism, sustainable destination management, smart tourism, place of origin, local and regional development. Her work was published in various international peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Urban Studies, Cities, Environment Planning Studies, Regional Studies, Marketing Theory, and Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. She co-edited the book Tourism in the City. Towards an Integrative Agenda on Urban Tourism, Springer. She developed experience as a consultant in place marketing and foreign direct investment promotion, working at OCO Global Ltd. in Paris (France).

Mariapina Trunfio, PhD(e-mail: [...] Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management and Director of the Master in Tourism & Hospitality Management at the University of Naples "Parthenope" in Italy. She teaches Management of tourism enterprises and International Service Management. She was Scientific Director of several Innovative Tourism Research Projects and Tourism Strategic Plan and Member of diverse Scientific Advisory Boards in Tourism and Hospitality Innovation, including the Advisory Boards of BTO (Be Travel Onlife)-Digital Strategy. Her current research focuses on tourism innovation, smart destination, destination management and governance, local development, overtourism and sustainable development, cultural heritage and creativity, augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality, metaverse, cultural diversity and entrepreneurship. She extensively published over 100 papers in leading journals, monographs, book chapters and conference papers in these areas. She received several international best papers awards.

Provides a critical understanding of technology-driven innovation in tourism

Combines the theory of smart and sustainable destinations with international practices

Outlines scenarios of sustainability-oriented innovation for tourism destinations