Overview

Peer to Peer Accommodation networks presents a new conceptual framework which offers an initial explanation for the continuing and rapid success of 'disruptive innovators’ and their effects on the international hospitality industry, with a specific focus on Airbnb, in the international context. Using her first-hand experience as a host on both traditional holiday accommodation webpages and a peer-to-peer accommodation network, respected tourism academic Sara Dolnicar examines possible reasons for the explosive success of peer to peer accommodation networks, investigates related topics which are less frequently discussed – such as charitable activities and social activism – and offers a future research agenda. Using first hand empirical results, this text provides much needed insight into this ‘disruptive innovator’ for those studying and working within the tourism and hospitality industries. This book discusses a wealth of issues including: * The disruptive innovation model - the criteria for identifying and understanding new disruptive innovators, and how peer-to-peer accommodation networks comply with these; * The factors postulated to drive the success of these networks and the celebration of variation; * Who are genuine networks members, tourist motivators and the chance of the ‘perfect match’; * Pricing, discrimination and stimulation of the creation of new businesses.

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Author:   Professor Sara Dolnicar (Research Professor in Tourism, University of Queensland, Australia)
Publisher:   Goodfellow Publishers Limited
Imprint:   Goodfellow Publishers Limited
ISBN:  

9781911396529

ISBN 10:   1911396528
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 December 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Ch 1 Unique Features of the Networks (Sara Dolnicar) Ch 2 The Sharing Economy (Stephan Reinhold and Sara Dolnicar) Ch 3 The Business Model (Stephan Reinhold & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 4 How Airbnb Creates Value (Stephan Reinhold & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 5 How Airbnb Captures and Disseminates Value (Stephan Reinhold & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 6 Airbnb and its Competitors (Homa Hajibaba & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 7 Entrepreneurship Opportunities (Marianna Sigala & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 8 Will Networks Become One-stop Travel Shops? (Sarah Gardiner & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 9 Flling Infrastructure Gaps (Ljubica Knezevic Cvelbar & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 10 Facilitating events (Sheranne Fairley & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 11 Regulatory Reactions Around the World (Homa Hajibaba & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 12 Drivers of Price in City Destinations: Vienna (Bernhard Andreas Hrobath, Friedrich Leisch & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 13 Networks in China (Yixiao Xiang & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 14 The Impact on Employment (Gabor Forgacs & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 15 Types of Network Nembers (Anne Hardy & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 16 Networks and Hosts – a Love-Hate Relationship (Anne Hardy & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 17 Socialising New Guests (Sara Dolnicar) Ch 18 The Multi-Family Travel Market (Homa Hajibaba & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 19 Do Hosts Discriminate? (Homa Hajibaba & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 20 Communication-Regulated Social Systems (Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow, Anne Hardy and Sara Dolnicar) Ch 21 Helping when Disaster Hits (Homa Hajibaba & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 22 Guests with Disabilities (Melanie Randle & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 23 Political Activism (Homa Hajibaba & Sara Dolnicar) Ch 24 Environmental Sustainability (Emil Juvan, Homa Hajibaba and Sara Dolnicar)

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