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Daniel Guttentag
Other affiliations: University of Waterloo, Ryerson University
Bio: Daniel Guttentag is an academic researcher from College of Charleston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sharing economy & Tourism. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 25 publications receiving 3297 citations. Previous affiliations of Daniel Guttentag include University of Waterloo & Ryerson University.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the emergence of Airbnb, a company whose website permits ordinary people to rent out their residences as tourist accommodation, and examine its rise through the lens of disruptive innovation theory, which describes how products that lack in traditionally favored attributes but offer alternative benefits can, over time, transform a market and capture mainstream consumers.
Abstract: This article explores the emergence of Airbnb, a company whose website permits ordinary people to rent out their residences as tourist accommodation. The company was just recently established, but it has grown extremely rapidly and is now selling many millions of room nights annually. This rise is examined through the lens of disruptive innovation theory, which describes how products that lack in traditionally favoured attributes but offer alternative benefits can, over time, transform a market and capture mainstream consumers. The concepts of disruptive innovation are used to consider Airbnb's novel business model, which is built around modern internet technologies, and Airbnb's distinct appeal, which centres on cost-savings, household amenities, and the potential for more authentic local experiences. Despite Airbnb's growing popularity, many Airbnb rentals are actually illegal due to short-term rental regulations. These legality issues and their corresponding tax concerns are discussed, with an overview...
1,317 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present six areas of tourism in which VR may prove particularly valuable: planning and management, marketing, entertainment, education, accessibility, and heritage preservation, and numerous suggestions for future research are presented.
937 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate tourists' motivations for using Airbnb and find that the majority of tourists use the service for short-term stays. But they do not consider the long-term use of the service.
Abstract: Airbnb has grown very rapidly over the past several years, with millions of tourists having used the service. The purpose of this study was to investigate tourists’ motivations for using Airbnb and...
501 citations
TL;DR: However, there are numerous negative impacts of volunteer tourism that deserve increased attention from both researchers and project managers: neglect of locals' desires, a hindering of work progress and completion of unsatisfactory work, a disruption of local economies, a reinforcement of conceptualisations of the 'other' and rationalisations of poverty, and an instigation of cultural changes as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Volunteer tourism is an increasingly popular form of travel that is attracting growing research attention Nevertheless, existing research has focused primarily on the benefits of volunteer tourism, and many studies have simply involved profiling volunteers or investigating their motivations However, there are numerous possible negative impacts of volunteer tourism that deserve increased attention from both researchers and project managers: a neglect of locals' desires, a hindering of work progress and completion of unsatisfactory work, a disruption of local economies, a reinforcement of conceptualisations of the ‘other’ and rationalisations of poverty, and an instigation of cultural changes Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
366 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the extent to which Airbnb is used as a hotel substitute and examine how Airbnb guests expect their accommodations to perform relative to hotels, and find that nearly two-thirds of the tourists who use Airbnb use it as their hotel substitute.
365 citations
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TL;DR: Tata Africa Services (Nigeria) Limited as mentioned in this paper is a nodal point for Tata businesses in West Africa and operates as the hub of TATA operations in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa.
Abstract: Established in 2006, TATA Africa Services (Nigeria) Limited operates as the nodal point for Tata businesses in West Africa. TATA Africa Services (Nigeria) Limited has a strong presence in Nigeria with investments exceeding USD 10 million. The company was established in Lagos, Nigeria as a subsidiary of TATA Africa Holdings (SA) (Pty) Limited, South Africa and serves as the hub of Tata’s operations in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa.
3,658 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present six areas of tourism in which VR may prove particularly valuable: planning and management, marketing, entertainment, education, accessibility, and heritage preservation, and numerous suggestions for future research are presented.
937 citations
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TL;DR: This article found that the more trustworthy the host is perceived to be from her photo, the higher the price of the listing and the probability of its being chosen, and that a host's reputation, communicated by her online review scores, has no effect on listing price or likelihood of consumer booking.
Abstract: ‘Sharing economy’ platforms such as Airbnb have recently flourished in the tourism industry. The prominent appearance of sellers' photos on these platforms motivated our study. We suggest that the presence of these photos can have a significant impact on guests' decision making. Specifically, we contend that guests infer the host's trustworthiness from these photos, and that their choice is affected by this inference. In an empirical analysis of Airbnb's data and a controlled experiment, we found that the more trustworthy the host is perceived to be from her photo, the higher the price of the listing and the probability of its being chosen. We also find that a host's reputation, communicated by her online review scores, has no effect on listing price or likelihood of consumer booking. We further demonstrate that if review scores are varied experimentally, they affect guests' decisions, but the role of the host's photo remains significant.
818 citations
19 Dec 2016
817 citations