Self-catering accommodation in Switzerland

Nicod, Pascale; Mungall, Andrew; Henwood, J.

doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2006.10.004

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“…While a significantly large amount of research exists surrounding hotels and other traditional accommodation types, a relatively smaller amount of research has been done on specialist accommodation. While numerous studies have tried to define the concept of specialist accommodation in various ways, such as 'supplementary accommodation' [27], 'boutique accommodation' [28], and 'specialist accommodation' [29,30], we adhere to the terminology of 'commercial home enterprises' referring to accommodation in which guests may stay in private homes or other facilities that often have shared living areas with a relatively high level of interaction with owners, hosts or other guests, such as B&Bs, homestays, guesthouses, etc. [31][32][33].…”

Section: Satisfaction and Accommodation Modalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Topic Modeling of Online Accommodation Reviews via Latent Dirichlet Allocation

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There is a lot of attention given to the determinants of guest satisfaction and consumer behavior in the tourism literature. While much extant literature uses a deductive approach for identifying guest satisfaction dimensions, we apply an inductive approach by utilizing large unstructured text data of 104,161 online reviews of Korean accommodation customers to frame which topics of interest guests find important. Using latent Dirichlet allocation, a generative, Bayesian, hierarchical statistical model, we extract and validate topics of interest in the dataset. The results corroborate extant literature in that dimensions, such as location and service quality, are important. However, we extend existing dimensions of importance by more precisely distinguishing aspects of location and service quality. Furthermore, by comparing the characteristics of the accommodations in terms of metropolitan versus rural and the type of accommodation, we reveal differences in topics of importance between different characteristics of the accommodations. Specifically, we find a higher importance for points of competition and points of uniqueness among the accommodation characteristics. This has implications for how managers can improve customer satisfaction and how researchers can more precisely measure customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry.

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Section: Satisfaction and Accommodation Modalitiesmentioning

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Topic Modeling of Online Accommodation Reviews via Latent Dirichlet Allocation

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“…Some of the externalities generated by this real estate activity were the important difficulties for the local residents to find housing (due to the rising prices fuelled by the demand for second homes) or the fragmentation of the landscape and the urban sprawl. However, the greatest concern about holiday homes in Switzerland was the controversy generated by the increase in the construction of second homes and the small proportion of these offered as short-term rentals (nicoD et al 2007;clivAz 2013). Hence, for a long time the land was more valuable for its exchange value than its use.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This restructuring of the tourism accommodation sector has been led by changes in global consumption patterns, together with currency exchange effects and, obviously, a development model based on "construction tourism" rather than "service tourism". Traditionally, the greatest concern about holiday homes in Switzerland was the so-called "cold beds" phenomenon, defined as the controversy generated by the increase in the construction of second homes and the small proportion of these offered as shortterm rentals (nicoD et al 2007;clivAz 2013). On March 11, 2012, the addition of a new Article (75b) into the Swiss Constitution marked a turning point in the development of Swiss resorts and in the structure of the tourism accommodation sector.…”

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confidence: 99%

Disentangling the geographical logic of Airbnb in Switzerland

Domènech¹,

Larpin²,

Schegg³

et al. 2019

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The unprecedented worldwide growth of Airbnb over the last decade deserves to be analysed from a geographical perspective so as to understand the underlying logic behind the spatial distribution of the accommodation offered on the platform. Multiple territorial and economic variables may influence this distribution. In this context, the article aims to analyse the spatial distribution of Airbnb in Switzerland and identify its determinants. Geographical Information Systems are used to analyse the geographical distribution of Airbnb listings, and Negative Binomial Models are applied to identify its determining factors. Results are particularly interesting as they highlight that Airbnb listings are mainly clustered geographically in specific areas of the country. The success of Airbnb as an accommodation supply platform has led to a concentration of Airbnb listings in areas of Switzerland where hotel supply is significant, but also in areas where there is a high presence of second homes and the potential for generating profit from the housing market is greater.Zusammenfassung: Angesichts des beispiellosen weltweiten Wachstums von Airbnb in den zurückliegenden zehn Jahren, drängt sich aus geographischer Perspektive die Frage nach der zugrunde liegenden Logik hinter der räumlichen Verteilung der auf dieser Plattform angebotenen Unterkünfte auf. Mehrere territoriale und wirtschaftliche Variablen können diese Verteilung beeinflussen. In diesem Zusammenhang zielt der Artikel darauf ab, die räumliche Verteilung von Airbnb-Angeboten in der Schweiz zu analysieren und deren Determinanten zu identifizieren. Geographische Informationssysteme werden verwendet, um die geografische Verteilung der Airbnb-Angebote zu analysieren, und Negative Binomiale Modelle werden verwendet, um ihre bestimmenden Faktoren zu identifizieren. Die Ergebnisse sind besonders interessant, da sie zeigen, dass die Airbnb-Angebote hauptsächlich in bestimmten Gebieten des Landes gebündelt sind. Der Erfolg von Airbnb als Unterkunftsversorgungsplattform hat sowohl zu einer Konzentration der Airbnb-Angebote in Gebieten der Schweiz geführt, in denen die Hotelversorgung bedeutend ist, aber auch in Gebieten, in denen es eine hohe Präsenz von Zweitwohnungen gibt und das Gewinnpotenzial auf dem Wohnungsmarkt größer ist.

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“…While most of the tourism accommodation literature has focused on hotels (e.g., Chou et al, 2008;Lee and Park, 2009;Ye et al, 2009;Vermeulen and Seegers, 2009) or lodging (Rivera and Upchurch, 2008), we have also seen growing academic interest in other forms of tourism accommodation such as backpacking/ budget (e.g., Nash et al, 2006;Loker-Murphy and Pearce, 1995) and cruise ships (e.g., Gibson, 2008;Toh et al, 2005) and selfcatering accommodation (Bieger et al, 2007;Johns and Lynch, 2007;Nicod et al, 2007). This study's focus on STTA signifies a further broadening of the tourism accommodation literature.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 84%