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The moderating role of tourism intensity on residents’ intentions towards pro-t...
Lança, Milene; Silva, joão; Andraz, Jorge; Nunes, Rui; Pereira, LuisThis study analysed the complex dynamics of tourism based on perspectives and intentional behaviours of residents. The analysis focused on how residents perceive the effects of tourism, their satisfaction with it, their subjective well-being, and their inclinations towards pro-tourism behaviours. By merging social exchange theory and bottom-up spillover theory, it also investigates tourism intensity (TI) as a m...
Understanding Vanlife: the current state of the art of a vehicle-based hypermob...
Muhs, Christina; AGAPITO, DORA; Pereira, LuisThis article outlines the current state of the art on Vanlife from a tourism perspective, highlighting and summarizing definitions derived from literature. Hypermobile lifestyles, often used interchangeably with Vanlife, such as ‘Digital Nomads’, ‘RVing’, ‘Backpacking’ and ‘Lifestyle Travellers, are reviewed by theoretically depicting the similarities and separating factors between the concepts. The literature ...
Does historical data still matter for demand forecasting in uncertain and turbu...
Heo, Cindy Yoonjoung; Viverit, Luciano; Pereira, LuisDemand forecast accuracy is critical for hotels to operate their properties efciently and proftably. The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive challenge for hotel demand forecasting due to the relevance of historical data. Therefore, the aims of this study are twofold: to present an extension of the additive pickup method using time series and moving averages; and to test the model using the real reservation data of a...
Health and well-being of the Portuguese citizens: impacts of the COVID-19
Ferreira, Lara; Pereira, Luis; Ferreira, Pedro L.Background COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on societies and healthcare systems around the world. Over the last years, measures imposed in almost all countries dealing with the pandemic sent the entire world into an extensive crisis and thus into a deep global recession. Since the outbreak began, many European countries have faced three/four waves of pandemic. Portugal has mainly dealt with three...
Recreational trail development within different geographical contexts as a dete...
Lukoseviciute, Goda; Pereira, Luis; Panagopoulos, Thomas; Fedeli, Giancarlo; Ramsey, Elaine; Madden, Kyle; Condell, JoanThe development of recreational trails has gained popularity in recent years and therefore many scholars have studied various aspects of them. However, the recreational trail theoretical framework lacks an understanding of the relationship between the stage of trail development and income multiplier value. This research aims to examine this relationship and thus advance the traditional theory of recreational tr...
Application of machine learning to cluster hotel booking curves for hotel deman...
Viverit, Luciano; Heo, Cindy Yoonjoung; Pereira, Luis; Tiana, GuidoAccurate demand forecasting is integral for data-driven revenue management decisions of hotels, but an un-precedented demand environment caused by COVID-19 pandemic has made the forecasting process more difficult. This study aims to propose a new approach for daily hotel demand forecasting by using clusters of stay dates generated from historical booking data. This new approach is fundamentally different from t...
Understanding Vietnamese consumers’ perception and word-of-mouth intentions tow...
Do, Thuc; Pereira, LuisPurposeThis paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Vietnamese consumers' perceived value and to explore the relationships between its constructs, satisfaction and (e)word-of-mouth (WOM) intentions towards Airbnb. Moreover, the relationship between traditional WOM and electronic WOM (eWOM) was also investigated. Design/methodology/approachAn electronic survey was applied to collect data on a samp...
The role of superhost badge in Airbnb hosts’ continuance intention
Do, Thuc; Pereira, Luis; Silva, joãoBased on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and the commitment-trust theory, this study examines the antecedents of Airbnb hosts' continuance intention by integrating TPB with trust towards Airbnb along with the moderating effect of the Superhost badge. A sample of 160 Vietnamese Airbnb hosts was collected through a web-based survey and data were analysed with PLS-SEM. Findings revealed that Airbnb hosts' at...
Residents’ perceptions about the tourism in the Algarve: contributions for a su...
Silva, João Albino; Andraz, Jorge; Pereira, Luis; Nunes, Rui Miguel da Cunha; Franz, Hannah; Ferreira, JoanaSince the construction of Faro Airport in 1965, the Algarve has developed into a mass tourism (Costa, 2005) and sun, sea and sand destination (Do Valle et al., 2012), becoming one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe (Andraz & Rodrigues, 2016), and a crucial one for Portugal (Soler et al., 2019). The 5,412 square kilometre region has several features contributing to its atractiveness, such as mild...
Emerging branding trends in the post-COVID world
Toniatti, Clarisse de Aguiar; Guerreiro, Maria Manuela; Viana, Carla; Pereira, LuisInnovative branding approaches are emerging since the fundamentals of brand management are being called into question. This scenario has been enhanced by COVID-19, which has brought profound impacts from which a dif-ferent world will emerge. Building on this, the purpose of this study is twofold. First, to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic is influencing new trends in brand management. Second, to identify the t...