The current state of academic research into peer-to-peer accommodation platforms

摘要: Abstract The “sharing” phenomenon represents one of the hottest trends in hotel and tourism industry. As number academic papers this field is growing, now appears to be an appropriate time take stock research. This article contributes filling gap by illustrating state peer-to-peer accommodation platforms (P2P APs) identifying useful future research avenues. paper structured around two questions: What literature investigating P2P APs? are some promising areas concerning study proposes eight topics, while review includes 189 published papers. After classifying findings, presents discusses pitfalls, as well suggests implications for research, it also outlines specific opportunities that particularly suited each topics.