Corporate hosts: the rise of professional management in the short-term rental industry

This paper explores the rise of short-term rental (STR) management companies and reveals the transition from a sharing economy activity to the consolidation of a professional industry hinging on what we call ‘corporate hosts’. By relying on interviews with companies operating in Lisbon and Porto, Po...

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Main Author: Cocola-Gant, Agustín (author)
Other Authors: Jover, Jaime (author), Carvalho, Luís (author), Chamusca, Pedro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Short-term rentals
Airbnb
Sharing economy
Vertical integration
Platform economy
Digital technology
High growth firms
Professionalization
Ciências Sociais::Geografia Económica e Social
Social Sciences
Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/74270
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/74270

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https://hdl.handle.net/1822/74270

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