How to transform and upgrade hotels in Japan to JP Hotel+ in the post-COVID-19 age?

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In FY 2022, I continued retrieving comprehensive background information of hotel robot-related literature in different databases such as Scientist Direct, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, summarized the literature by different themes/applications, and has published one hotel robot-related paper in a SSCI-listed hospitality and tourism journal. In April, May, and Sept 2022, I conducted questionnaire surveys with Henn na Hotel staff from Henn na Hotel in Kansai area,Hokuriku area, Tohoku area, and Seoul, Korea. In July and August 2022, interviews and telephone interviews were conducted with hotels which have smart elements in Greater Bay area (i.e., Hong Kong SAR, Shenzhen, Hangzhou). In October 2022, along with the promotion of national travel subsidy program by Japanese government, I conducted in-depth interviews with Henn na Hotels in Kanazawa and Tokyo. In December 2022, along with the new opening of Henn na hotel in Kagoshima, Kyushu, I continued conducting in-depth interviews with Henn na hotel in Kyushu area.In Feb and Mar 2023, as the whole world has been recovering tourism, in-depth interviews were conducted with hotel staff in Oasis Avenue in Hong Kong (i.e., the first smart hotel in Hong Kong just opened in Dec 2022), future hotel Alibaba in Hangzhou, China, and smart hotels in Shanghai, China.