International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management: Volume 31 Issue 12

Towards a hierarchy of hotel guests’ in-room needs

Elizabeth M. Ineson, Djordje Čomić, Lazar Kalmić

This paper aims to examine, discuss and intertwine theory and practice related to hotel guests’ home and lodging environments to identify their in-room psychological and physical…

Barcelona’s peer-to-peer tourist accommodation market in turbulent times: Terrorism and political uncertainty

Beatriz Benítez-Aurioles

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of sociopolitical instability on the peer-to-peer market for tourist accommodation.

A meta-regression on the effect of online ratings on hotel room rates

Xingbao (Simon) Hu, Yang Yang, Sangwon Park

Online ratings (review valence) have been found to exert a strong influence on hotel room prices. This study aims to systematically synthesize research estimating the impact of…

Examining work factors after Malaysia’s minimum wage implementation

Nur Hidayah Che Ahmat, Susan Wohlsdorf Arendt, Daniel Wayne Russell

This study aims to generate novel insights about minimum wage policy implementation through a joint assessment of the mediating roles of work motivation, work engagement and job…

Seeking reward or avoiding risk from restaurant reviews: does distance matter?

Esther L. Kim, Sarah Tanford

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which consumers will exert more effort to avoid risk (negative reviews) versus seek reward (positive reviews) when making a…

Prices of short-stay accommodation: time series of a eurozone country

Sergej Gričar, Štefan Bojnec

This paper aims to provide a reliable statistical model for time-series prices of short-stay accommodation and overnight stays in a eurozone country.

Standing out from the crowd – an exploration of signal attributes of Airbnb listings

Bin Yao, Richard T.R. Qiu, Daisy X.F. Fan, Anyu Liu, Dimitrios Buhalis

Due to product diversity, traditional quality signals in the hotel industry such as star ratings and brand affiliation do not work well in the accommodation booking process on the…

How do online reviewers’ cultural traits and perceived experience influence hotel online ratings?: An empirical analysis of the Muscovite hotel sector

Marcello Mariani, Marina Predvoditeleva

The purpose of this study is to examine the role and influence of online reviewers’ cultural traits and perceived experience on online review ratings of Russian hotels by taking a…

Bibliometric structure of IJCHM in its 30 years

Carles Mulet-Forteza, Juanabel Genovart-Balaguer, José Maria Merigó, Emilio Mauleon-Mendez

The International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management is a leading international journal in the field of hospitality and tourism management. It was started in 1989, and…

An experimental study of consumption orientations, environmental sustainability advertising and home-sharing adoption intentions

Yu-Lun Liu, Tsunwai Wesley Yuen, Han-Ling Jiang

Even with the evidence that participation in home-sharing is highly ecologically sustainable, the existing consumer communication studies in the hospitality sector have…