The course will help professionals and students to:

• Understand the boundaries of P2P accommodations within the context of hospitality  provision 
• Define the concept of P2P accommodation, 
• Understand the ways in which P2P accommodation is conceptualised and researched  within the tourism literature  
• Discuss the interconnections between P2P accommodation and traditional accommodation 
• Comprehend the drivers and motives of hosts’/ guests’ engagement in P2P  accommodation 
• Distinguish the different types of P2P accommodation platforms 
• Develop critical skills and in-depth understanding of the economic, spatial, social and  environmental impacts of P2P accommodation  
• Understand the impact of external forces on P2P accommodation practices and anticipate  its future evolution 
• Understand and critically discuss issues related to the sustainability and regulation of P2P  accommodation  
• Discuss, in a critical manner, their own country’s P2P accommodation (actual or potential)  development
• Help stakeholders in their countries and communities to map P2P accommodation in their region.

The course has been organised in such a way to allow professionals and students gradually build upon their own critical thinking and understanding of the links between P2P accommodation and “traditional” hotel accommodation and critically reflect on their own country’s P2P accommodation development and associated implications. Last, to provide a practical perspective, different case studies will be discussed.

The course was created as part of the Project Higher Education Curricula Development on the Collaborative Economy in Europe (COLECO), granted by ERASMUS+ KA203 supported by the European Commission.

Requirements

Interest in new trends in economy and in the latest business models; Basic knowledge of the tourism sector – specifically accommodation –; Basic knowledge of business administration; Basic knowledge of accommodation platforms; Interest in the new sharing economy accommodation business models.