Digital Services in the Area of Accommodation and Transportation: Economic and Legal Aspects
This paper examines the development of digital business models in the provision of flights and short-term accommodation services. It discusses the growing importance of digital intermediaries and their associated business model features, some of which provide significant value, and others which could be considered deleterious and in need of regulatory scrutiny. The paper concludes with some suggestions for regulation based on technology, algorithms and big data analytics. This could enable a more soft-touch, automatic, dynamic and individualised approach to regulation. This research paper has been commissioned by Policy Department at the request of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee.
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Prof. Dr. Stuart John BARNE
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- air and space transport
- air transport
- carriage of passengers
- collaborative economy
- communications
- consumer information
- consumption
- digital single market
- digitisation
- direct selling
- documentation
- economic analysis
- economic analysis
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- Internet
- leisure
- marketing
- organisation of transport
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- tax avoidance
- taxation
- tourism
- TRADE
- TRANSPORT