HTT 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Google Cardboard, Smartphone, Lastminute.Com
20 Apr 2018
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Htt303 week 13: recent and future trends. Tourism benefits: more visitors, dispersed spending, reduced leakage, invisible infrastructure, etc. Local communities: money for hosts, nuisance, housing marketing. Shape of airbnb business: mostly whole home; lots of multi-unit operators. Quotas: amsterdam: 60 days, london: 90 days, paris: 4 months, philadelphia: 90, or 180 with license, portland: owner must live on-site 3 months, san francisco: 90 days. Other: limits on bedroom or guest numbers, geographical limitations/ratios, subsidized housing. Permits/registration: busi(cid:374)ess or (cid:862)ho(cid:373)estay(cid:863) per(cid:373)it, after one year in san francisco, only about 20% of rentals had applied for a registration. Enforcement: complaint-based vs. proactive approach, resource demands. Taxes: airbnb not willing begging to pay its taxes. Brics: brazil, russia, india, china, south africa. Smartphone share of online travel bookings: 20% hotel, 18% packages, 12% air last-minute, during trip purchases. Advertising/sales tool for travel agents, etc: tho(cid:373)as cook (cid:862)try before you fly(cid:863, smells, etc.
