Although Airbnb's impact on hotels has been quantified for major hotel markets in the United States, these effects have not been quantified in international hotel markets. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Airbnb listings on key hotel performance metrics in an...

Purpose - This paper aims to display the role of hotel restaurants in gastronomic place branding. The authors view hotel restaurants as having a great potential in the promotion of local gastronomy. Design/methodology/approach - The research was done in several stages. First, the authors selected...

Purpose: This purpose of this study was to explore two key issues in experiential marketing from an organizational perspective: the management of "strategic experiential modules" and the management of "service encounters" specific to a memorable experience for children in urban luxury hotels....

This article evaluates whether Airbnb rentals affect the rents in the private rental sector in eight cities in France. We estimate a hedonic equation for each city on individual data for apartments, allowing for heteroscedasticity and spatial error autocorrelation of unknown forms and using a large ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the role of scent congruence with the brand image in the formation of consumers' reactions to the atmosphere of a place. Design/methodology/approach: Using a factorial design (i.e. scent congruent with the brand image, scent not congruent and...

This report provides an overview and update about the French hotel sector, including: the outlook for spending on travel and tourism in France; the recent performance of the hotel sector nationwide and in Paris; the hotel capacity by region and hotel grade; the ranking and penetration of hotel...

This paper investigates causal relationships between management control system (MCS) practices and performance in French Riviera hotels. The current literature presents mixed and contradictory findings regarding the relationships between delegation, performance measurements in incentive systems,...

This article analyzes the construction of sustainable development practices in Parisian luxury hotels. We show that reconciling the ambitions of sustainable development and luxury hotels translates into specific practices: they should not be perceived by customers and have a strong local dimension. ...

This study investigates the determinants of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock in the French hospitality industry. A panel gravity model is applied to bilateral inward FDI stock between France and nineteen investor countries in Hotels and the Restaurant industry over 2000-2017. Results...

The purpose of this note is to improve our understanding of the French tourism paradox. A technical efficiency analysis of the French hospitality sector is carried out that includes different categories of hotels - mid-price, economy and budget. A hierarchical category Data Envelopment Analysis...