We present evidence that discrimination against Asian-American Airbnb users sharply increased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a DiD approach, we find that hosts with distinctively Asian names experienced a 12 percent decline in guests relative to hosts with distinctively White...

The airline ticket booking system we are proposing provides total freedom for passengers, where the passenger can use his personal computer to log on to the website and book his ticket. The airline ticket booking system allows only registered users or passengers to reserve flight tickets, view...

Tourism is one of the most important sectors in the economy as it helps increase revenue and improves the standard of living in a country. Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide and in general, the Internet continues to gain importance in the tourism sector. Information is a...

The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the perspective that tourists and particularly Greeks demonstrate as far as their booking behavior concerned travel reviews during the period of economic recession. Especially online travel reviews written by consumers are ever more available and used...

We present evidence that discrimination against Asian-American Airbnb users sharply increased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a DiD approach, we find that hosts with distinctively Asian names experienced a 12 percent decline in guests relative to hosts with distinctively White...

In der vorliegenden Studie werden auf der Basis einer Befragung mit 1.158 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern die Travel Journeys von Digital Natives und Digital Immigrants verglichen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen unter anderem, dass die digitalen Touchpoints sowohl für die Digital Natives als auch für...

The article investigates determinants of usage intention (IU) of online travel agencies' (OTAs) services by consumers and their propensity for word-of-mouth (WOM). The determinants represent two groups of factors: (1) items reflecting the perceived quality of OTAs' platforms (PQ) and (2) those...

An Introduction to Travel Intermediaries -- Origins of the Global Distribution Systems (1925 – 1983) -- GDS: Platform Power (1984 – 1995) -- GDS: The Internet, New Channels and Transparency (1996 – 2011) -- Scale Matters: GDS Air Shopping -- GDS: The Turbulent Years (2012 – Present) --...

Digital platforms are not only match-making intermediaries but also establish internal rules that govern all users in their ecosystems. To better understand the governing role of platforms, we study two Airbnb pro-guest rules that pertain to guest and host cancellations, using data on Airbnb and...

Digital platforms are not only match-making intermediaries but also establish internal rules that govern all users in their ecosystems. To better understand the governing role of platforms, we study two Airbnb pro-guest rules that pertain to guest and host cancellations, using data on Airbnb and...

This paper analyzes the strategic opportunities enabled by one of Booking.com's managerial innovations introduced in 2015-16: a new online discount feature. Focusing on the hospitality and online booking platforms, we explore the role of the heterogeneity in characteristics that make...

Digitization in the tourism sector beside hospitality information systems application as its integral part has also led to the application of on-line booking systems, which enable the booking of the desired tourist arrangement via the Internet. Consequently, the emergence of the e-booking...

Purpose: The study focuses on exploration of knowledge for online booking systems and on the views of local students-users concerning the booking rate based on these online systems. Another perspective of this project is to investigate the decision-making process (emotion-focused) that they...

Allocating appointment slots is presented as a new application for market design. We consider online booking systems that are commonly used by public authorities to allocate appointments for driver's licenses, visa interviews, passport renewals, etc. We document that black markets for...

Allocating appointment slots is presented as a new application for market design. We consider online booking systems that are commonly used by public authorities to allocate appointments for driver's licenses, visa interviews, passport renewals, etc. We document that black markets for...

We investigate whether online travel agents (OTAs) assign hotels worse positions in their search results if these set lower hotel prices at other OTAs or on their own websites. We formally characterize how an OTA can use such a strategy to reduce price differentiation across distribution...

Allocating appointment slots is presented as a new application for market design. We consider online booking systems that are commonly used by public authorities to allocate appointments for driver's licenses, visa interviews, passport renewals, etc. We document that black markets for...

Allocating appointment slots is presented as a new application for market design. We consider online booking systems that are commonly used by public authorities to allocate appointments for driver's licenses, visa interviews, passport renewals, etc. We document that black markets for...

We present evidence that discrimination against Asian-American Airbnb users sharply increased at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a DiD approach, we find that hosts with distinctively Asian names experienced a 12 percent decline in guests relative to hosts with distinctively White...

Einführung in die Thematik -- Vermittlungsplattformen für Privatunterkünfte in der Sharing Economy -- Theoretischer Bezugsrahmen zur Erklärung der Akzeptanz von Privatunterkunftsvermittlern -- Empirie- und theoriegeleitete Modellierung der Akzeptanz von Privatunterkunftsvermittlern --...

We investigate whether online travel agents (OTAs) assign hotels worse positions in their search results if these set lower hotel prices at other OTAs or on their own websites. We formally characterize how an OTA can use such a strategy to reduce price differentiation across distribution...

We investigate whether online travel agents (OTAs) assign hotels worse positions in their search results if these set lower hotel prices at other OTAs or on their own websites. We formally characterize how an OTA can use such a strategy to reduce price differentiation across distribution...

The booking purchase process in B2C tourism online from the perspective of the quality-satisfaction-loyalty value chain has scarcely been investigated. The measurement models of the variables are not unified and essential variables, as transaction costs, need more research in order to achieve a...

With emergence of smart phones, the Internet accessibility and mobility were remarkably increased; therefore, many travelers book a hotel room using a smart phone. Accordingly, hotel companies and online travel agencies (OTAs) have offered mobile applications (apps) for their guests who use a...

Distribution is a key variable in any industry because it ensures the delivery of products and services to consumers. However, over the years businesses have increasingly implemented information and communication technology; this has triggered profound changes in distribution channels. A number...

Estimating consumer surplus is challenging because it requires identification of the entire demand curve. We rely on Uber's “surge” pricing algorithm and the richness of its individual level data to first estimate demand elasticities at several points along the demand curve. We then use...

Estimating consumer surplus is challenging because it requires identification of the entire demand curve. We rely on Uber's "surge" pricing algorithm and the richness of its individual level data to first estimate demand elasticities at several points along the demand curve. We then use these...