Dr Emmet McLoughlin is the Programme Director for Tourism Studies at Cardiff Metropolitan University. A member of the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research (WCTR), his research interests include data driven approaches to sustainability, indicators for sustainable development and sustainable planning for tourism and events. Current research is focused around, data driven approaches to both event management and hospitality housekeeping, AI and robotics in hospitality and tourism, place based sustainable development and regeneration, future considerations for event planning and the development of user-friendly travel and booking apps.