The Sharing Economy and the Tourism Industry : Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges

Goodfellow Publishers Limited

The Sharing Economy and the Tourism IndustryPerspectives, Opportunities and Challenges\nAuthor(s): Roya Rahimi, Babak Taheri, Dimitrios Buhalis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Goodfellow Publishers Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Goodfellow Publishers Limited\nISBN-13: 9781915097064, 978-1915097064\nSynopsis\nThe sharing economy is at the centre of number of current debates involving new technologies and innovative services, sustainability, big data and stakeholder engagement. These trends have serious implications for hoteliers, restaurant owners, airlines and car rental companies and service industries as they change the rules of the game across the services industries. This edited volume encourages new theoretical and empirical development on sharing economy studies in the service industries field. \n\nThis is one of the first academic volumes on this topic to focus on marketing and managerial implications specifically in tourism, services marketing and urban studies. Written by.