Open AccessThe influence of spatial infrastructure on resort hotel crime : A case study in Crete
Author(s) -
G. Triantafyllou,
Eirini Strataki,
Michael Volyrakis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of sustainable marketing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-0117
DOI - 10.51300/jsm-2021-30
Subject(s) - hospitality , nonprobability sampling , ranking (information retrieval) , tourism , service (business) , business , process (computing) , key (lock) , sampling (signal processing) , hospitality industry , marketing , computer science , geography , computer security , sociology , population , demography , archaeology , filter (signal processing) , machine learning , computer vision , operating system
The primary objective of the study is to investigate the possible existence of significant links that bind spatial infrastructure and property layout with hospitality-related crimes. Under this topic, the researchers tried to shed light on a previously unexplored region of criminality within the service sector in Greece, investigating 4 and 5-star resort hotels on the island of Crete. A form of non-probability purposive sampling was applied. The methods of the research were three: Direct observation of hotel infrastructure, ranking of key variables by an expert panel, and a semi-structured interview with hoteliers. It derives from the results that the expansion of hospitality properties in smaller sites weakens effective security. Defining the way of how infrastructure affects crime, can lead to a differentiation in thinking during the designing process.