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The purpose of this study is to undertake a detailed bibliometric analysis of 244 publications from the Scopus database between 2013 and 2023 in the topic of strategic hotel performance research. The study's objectives are to highlight collaborations between authors, universities, and countries in the field, to identify the most influential authors, universities, countries, and reference papers, to learn about the research topics on which researchers have been working in recent years, and to examine the Middle East's contribution to the field. The data revealed that the United States, Spain, and China are the most productive countries in terms of strategic hotel performance. Marco-Lajara, Bartolomé is the most influential author and leader in hotel performance researchers. Universities are primarily from the United States, Spain, and China. The most popular journals are International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and Sustainability (Switzerland) in strategic hotel performance. The most influential universities are Universitat d'Alacant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and University of Central Florida. The analysis indicates that collaboration among authors, universities, and countries working on strategic hotel performance is limited, and COVID-19 has a considerable impact on strategic hotel performance. The Middle East's contribution and research on strategic and hotel performance are inadequate.
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