IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
Vol 15, No 3: June 2026

Applications of machine intelligence and decision analytics in hospitality: a systematic review

Omar Jawabreh (University of Jordan)
Ehab Abdul Raheem Alshatnawi (The University of Jordan)
Rami Mahmoud (The University of Jordan)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2026

Abstract

This systematic review synthesizes how machine intelligence (MI) and decision analytics (DA) are deployed across hospitality functions (customer relationship management (CRM)/personalization, revenue management (RM) and pricing, and operations) and clarifies barriers and research frontiers. Following a PRISMA-oriented protocol for the 2008–2025 period, the study searched Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE/Elsevier, and SpringerLink using combined terms for MI/artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) and hospitality/tourism with CRM, revenue/pricing, forecasting, and operations. The inclusion criteria focused on peer-reviewed English studies reporting concrete models/applications or empirical evidence. Studies were thematically coded into four streams: CRM and personalization; RM and dynamic pricing; operations and scheduling; and governance (privacy/ethics/skills). The findings consistently show that MI/DA improves customer segmentation, demand forecasting, dynamic pricing (revenue per available room (RevPAR)), and workforce/maintenance efficiency. Yet, adoption is slowed by data governance (privacy/general data protection regulation (GDPR)) and siloed systems. Unlike prior broad IT/e Tourism reviews, this study integrates recent MI advances (spatiotemporal deep learning, real-time decisioning, and human–AI teaming) into a hospitality-specific decision pipeline and outlines a testable research agenda around scalability/drift, privacy-by-design, and controlled field experiments.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJAI

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Engineering

Description

IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) publishes articles in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The scope covers all artificial intelligence area and its application in the following topics: neural networks; fuzzy logic; simulated biological evolution algorithms (like ...