The timeshare industry has relied heavily on costly traditional sales and marketing tactics that are extremely labor intensive and consume considerable time and resources. It remains controversial whether conventional sales and marketing strategies are effective in improving firm performance,...

This study aims to investigate the differential effects of determinants of satisfaction on subsequent electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) behavior in the sharing economy with peer-to-peer accommodations and timeshares. Data were collected from consumers who stayed at either a timeshare or peer-to-peer...

Given the continued growth of the timeshare segment and its unique characteristics as an owned leisure lodging product, adopting a service-dominant logic and developing opportunities for co-creation is highly relevant for companies that provide services to this industry. Specifically, the purpose...

This mix-method study guided by a literature review analyzed the concealed sales activities and owner restrictions of timeshare companies that lead to owner dissatisfaction and regret. Survey results revealed that most owners are satisfied with their overall membership; however, one-in-five regret...

The main purpose of the article is to reveal the type and level of timeshare integration in the rural tourism. In this connection the nature and specifics of hospitality timeshare are investigated and briefly explained. Special attention is paid to the main representatives of the timeshare industry ...

Purpose: This study aims to take advantage of segment reporting to provide empirical evidence on the impacts of increasing the share of revenue generated from the timeshare segment in companies' portfolios for firm value and profitability. Design/methodology/approach: This paper examines data from...

This study provides an inquiry on research conducted on timeshare, through a collection of 133 academic papers from 69 journals, and 121 theses and dissertations from 29 countries. The results indicate an increasing trend in timeshare research, with 67% of papers published since 2000, and 37% of...

Timeshare accommodation is a significant component of the tourism and recreational landscape. Despite its international rise in importance the timeshare sector has failed to attract the volume of detailed scholarly attention given to other forms of tourism accommodation. African research and...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine consumer perceptions toward the adoption of mobile technology within the vacation ownership/timeshare segment of the hospitality industry. Despite the proliferation of mobile applications in the greater hospitality and tourism industry, few ...

This paper outlines the results of the most recent pan-European survey of timeshare and its owners. The paper begins by placing timeshare in context of the European leisure sector and outlining previous research on timeshare. It then goes on to examine the results of a major survey of timeshare...