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Ishani Sharma is based at the Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Rajpura, India. She is a Research Scholar at Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. With over a decade of experience in the hospitality and management domain, she specializes in creative tourism and destination marketing. Ishani's expertise lies in mixed-method approaches, encompassing structural equation modeling, bibliometric analysis, and qualitative analysis. Her extensive experience and innovative research methodologies have led to numerous publications in prestigious international journals. Ishani's work focuses on enhancing the understanding and implementation of creative tourism strategies and effective destination marketing, contributing to the development of sustainable and attractive tourist destinations. Ishani can be contacted at: ishanisharmaphd@gmail.com and sharmaishani918@gmail.com

Soni Sharma is based at the PGDM, Jaipuria School of Business, Ghaziabad, India. She Specialized and Trainer in the area of Training and Development specially emphasis on, Soft Skill enhancement; Personal Effectiveness for Managers, Time Management and Stress Management, Cross-Cultural and Business Communication. In her 15 years of teaching and training career, she has got experience of teaching French, German and English as Professional language of Communication. She is BA (Hons.) English from University of Delhi, MA (Eng.) from Jamia Milia Islamia. She completed her MPhil and PhD from IGNOU. She is on the editorial board of International Journal of Transformation in English and Education. She has co-edited a book on Innovation, Technology and Development by Bharti Publication. Soni Sharma can be contacted at: sonisharma0378@gmail.com

Arun Aggarwal is based at the Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Rajpura, India. He is an Assistant Professor at Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. He holds several prestigious editorial roles, including Senior Editor of Global Business and Organizational Excellence (GBOE) at Wiley, Editorial Board Member at both the International Journal of Work Innovation (IJWI) and the EuroMed Journal of Management through Inderscience, and Associate Editor at the Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies (JTMGE) affiliated with Chitkara University. With over a decade of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Aggarwal specializes in organizational behaviour, human resource management, industrial relations, research methodology, and general management. Dr Aggarwal has contributed to numerous national and international journals, with publications indexed in SCOP US, Web of Science, ABDC, and JCR ranking Journals.

Sahil Gupta is based at the PGDM, Jaipuria School of Business, Ghaziabad, India and USCI University – Sarawak Campus, Kuching, Malaysia. He is PhD in Digital Marketing Strategies with nearly a decade of experience in higher education and a year in IT industry. Currently, he is serving as Associate Professor at Jaipuria School of Business, Ghaziabad. He worked as Associate Professor at Chandigarh University and IMS Ghaziabad University Courses Campus. Earlier to this he worked at Doctoral Research Centre, Chitkara Business School as Assistant Professor and was looking at Doctoral program in Management. He also serve as Guest Associate Professor at UCSI University Malaysia. e-mail id: sahilkumargupta@gmail.com