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Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Networks

Pushing the boundaries

Sara Dolnicar

ISBN: 9781911396512 HBK; 9781911396529 PBK; 9781911396536 Open Access eBook
DOI: 10.23912/9781911396512-3454


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The first book to present a new conceptual framework which offers an initial explanation for the continuing and rapid success of such 'disruptive innovators’ and their effects on the international hospitality industry. Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Networks: Pushing the boundaries discusses all the hot topics in this area, 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 peer-to-peer accommodation network, respected tourism academic Sara Dolnicar examines possible reasons for the explosive success of peer to peer accommodation networks, investigates topics relating to peer-to-peer network accommodation 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 all those studying and working within the tourism and hospitality industries.

Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Networks: Pushing the boundaries 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 the theoretical criteria;
  • The factors postulated to drive the success of peer-to-peer accommodation networks and the celebration of variation;
  • Who are genuine peer-to-peer accommodation 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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Publication: December 2017

Table of contents

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

Table of contents

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

About the authors

Sara Dolnicar PhD, currently works as the Research Professor in Tourism at The University of Queensland’s Business School, Australia.

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