...Simon Lind Fischer; Maartje Roelofsen Purpose This paper explores how Airbnb hosts' experiences with and responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis may differ according to their motivations to host and to the type and spatial layout of their Airbnb accommodation. Based...

...Jeroen Meijerink; Emma Schoenmakers Purpose This study aims to explain why online reviews in Airbnb are skewed toward positive ratings. The authors examine customer perceptions of the service quality of an Airbnb stay as a relevant antecedent of whether customers leave an online review...

...Daniel Guttentag Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how the growing presence of Airbnb rentals, resulting partly from tourists’ increasing desire for transformative travel experiences, is ironically much more transformative for the host communities than the tourists themselves...

.../legalcode Sharing economy Hospitality industry Airbnb Properties City tourism Residential areas By analysing current trends in city tourism, with a particular focus on potential spatial effects, the following key questions are to be addressed: What relevance will the sharing economy...