Social Innovation and Environment: An Overview of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Europe

Abstract

This chapter aimed to understand and foster innovative technology by addressing social needs and developing innovative ideas to solve environmental issues. Social innovation is a new means of identifying better answers to social concerns, and it entails social individuals and communities generating, testing, and disseminating ideas to meet critical social needs. It's a collaborative and participatory technique that focuses on the whole system rather than individual elements. This chapter is an overview of the hospitality industry of Europe as the hospitality industry is the largest industry and the European hospitality industry is covering almost 50% of the global hospitality industry. In this chapter, the overview of the social innovation with the hospitality industry is associated with social causes like the leftovers can be distributed to needy people and hotels can offer discounts for those guests who are willing to participate in social causes.

Key Terms in this Chapter

Social Innovation: The creation and application of novel approaches entailing conceptual, procedural, organizational, or product change with the ultimate objective of enhancing the welfare and well-being of people and communities. As a result of issues like working conditions, education, community development, or health, social innovations are creative social practices that strive to meet societal demands more effectively than existing options.

Frugal Innovation: The term “frugal innovation” (FI) is ill-defined and used to refer to many different types of innovation, including bricolage, disruptive, cost, and grass-roots innovation.