The holiday rental in the spotlight: the case of AirBnB against the professional management of tourist accommodation

The holiday rental in the spotlight: the case of AirBnB against the professional management of tourist accommodation • The holiday accommodation model based on collaborative consumption open discussion about risks and unfair competition • Companies like... More

The holiday rental in the spotlight: the case of AirBnB against the professional management of tourist accommodation • The holiday accommodation model based on collaborative consumption open discussion about risks and unfair competition • Companies like Migoa.com are on the other side and propose a model based on the professionalism of the service system, preventing individual transactions Anne lives in an apartment building with pool and during the summer usually share this space with strangers. John is accustomed to coming and going of people who do not know in your ladder. Martha had planned a dream vacation and accommodation stopped two days before departure. John, Martha and Anne are fictitious names, but their cases are not isolated events, but circumstances arising from a new model of tourist accommodation based on collaborative consumption, or what is the same, renting private homes to strangers who seeking accommodation for days or weeks through the internet . For many people Less