Airbnb customer experience: Evidence of convergence across three countries
Annals of Tourism ResearchPublished 13 January 2017
Ana Brochado, Michael Troilo, Aditya Shah
Citations148
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• We test convergence regarding customer experiences in the hospitality realm. • We examine 1,776 Airbnb web reviews across the US, Portugal, and India. • Using thematic analysis, we find support for convergence of consumer experiences. • Our contribution is this analysis and finding of consumer convergence.
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Social SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting
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