Tag: Hospitality

Innovation in Hospitality Education. Anticipating the Educational Needs of a Changing Profession

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Oskam, Jeroen, Dekker, Daphne M., Wiegerink, Karoline (Eds.). Cham: Springer, 2018. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319613789. This book analyses the development of hospitality education from vocational to higher education, and discusses the positioning of hotel schools. It addresses questions such as: Should hospitality management become part of generic business education? Are the technical training programmes that have defined the Read More …

What’s mine is yours—but at what price? Dynamic pricing behavior as an indicator of Airbnb host professionalization

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Jeroen Oskam, Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Benjamin Telkamp (2018), Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 17(5): 311-323. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41272-018-00157-3 This paper seeks to clarify the nature of the urban vacation rental business, in particular in relation to the so-called ‘‘Sharing Economy,’’ by analyzing the dynamic pricing behavior of Airbnb hosts in  Amsterdam. It explores Airbnb’s host ‘‘professionalization,’’ building on the strategic Read More …

Airbnb: the future of networked hospitality businesses

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Oskam, J. and Boswijk, A. (2016). Airbnb: the future of networked hospitality businesses. Journal of Tourism Futures, Vol. 2(1), pp. 22 – 42. Purpose Although networked hospitality businesses as Airbnb are a recent phenomenon, a rapid growth has made them a serious competitor for the hospitality industry with important consequences for tourism and for tourist destinations. Read More …