Exploring the Conceptual Structure of the Research on Innovation in Hotels through Co-Word Analysis

This paper presents the results of a bibliometric analysis published academic research on innovation in hotels. In particular, it aims to analyze conceptual structure field, covering period until October 2020, and predict emerging trends. approach provides an exhaustive 334 papers collected from Scopus database. Co-word used identify reveals four clusters: (1) technological innovation, (2) innovativeness strategy, (3) knowledge employee innovative behavior, (4) performance as outcome organizational capability innovate. The present study contributes literature by increasing accumulation topics, providing up-to-date review hotel literature, setting forth agenda for future research.