Jackie Guzman
The Use of Apple Glasses for Augmenting Guest Services for Lodging and Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)
Dr. Fred DeMicco | February 2, 2022
By Fred DeMicco, Jackie Guzman Now, more than ever, people are concerned with protecting and improving their health. Rather than simply take a vacation to relax, tourists are seeking wellness opportunities at resorts where they can maintain their exercise regimen and eat nutritious meals. For example, Six Sense Ibiza opened in July of 2021 and includes a longevity center where technology is used to detect a person’s biological age. The goal is to identify the aging factors and develop a plan to slow the aging process naturally. In Greece, the Amanzoe resort and spa uses technology at their Cellgym to hinder aging at a cellular ...
Hotels to Dorms: Converting Hotels to College Housing During the COVID19 Pandemic
Fred DeMicco | August 19, 2020
By Frederick DeMicco, Jackie Guzman Abstract As colleges start classes up in for the fall 2020 semester, many students are moving back to their college towns. Many undergraduate students have guaranteed housing from their universities, but to help with social distancing measures, universities are dispersing their students more than usual. To do this, universities are looking to hotels to house students for the school year. Introduction During the early months of 2020, once it was apparent that the novel coronavirus (COVID19) was a global pandemic, people everywhere started to think of creative solutions to help ease the probl...
Hotels to Healthcare (H2H) Medical Travel in India: A Cost Comparison of Procedures With the United States
Fred DeMicco | August 6, 2020
By Fred DeMicco and Jackie Guzman Introduction Medical Tourism is traveling to another country to receive medical care or treatment. There are many different reasons why one might do this, such as to save money or to seek a treatment that is not available in one’s home country. Immigrants sometimes return to their country of birth for a medical procedure because they feel more comfortable there or because they have family there that will help them during the recovery process. Medical tourism is a growing industry and in 2017 alone, between 14 and 16 million people traveled outside their home country to receive a medical treatment. I...
A Model for Hotels to Hospitals (H2H ©) During an Unprecedented Era
Fred DeMicco | July 14, 2020
By Frederick DeMicco and Jackie Guzman During the early months of 2020, once it was apparent that the novel coronavirus (COVID19) was a global pandemic, people everywhere started to think of creative solutions to help ease the problems of the virus. One solution was to convert hotels into hospitals (H2H ©) and into housing for healthcare workers. With the virus halting travel, many hotels were left close to vacant. On top of that, many healthcare professionals were worried about traveling back and forth between work and home, at the risk of infecting their household. Therefore, hotel managers came up with the idea of opening their doors t...
