Platform coopetition in the tourism industry: conflicts and tensions caused by the closure of Booking.com in Turkey
dc.contributor.author | Bilbil, Ebru Tekin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-09T08:35:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-09T08:35:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-08-09 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1368-3500 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10679/6002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13683500.2018.1461199 | |
dc.description.abstract | In March 2017, as a result of a precautionary interim decision made by the courts based on the case relating to ‘unfair competition practices’, Booking.com closed its platform for inbound tourism in Turkey and ceased operations. This was the first instance of an online booking platform halting access for inbound bookings for the domestic market. This platform-based relationship involves both cooperation and competition, and thus this paper identifies this relationship as platform coopetition. Based on the governance network theory and employing a case-study approach, the Booking.com case is examined from the viewpoint of tourism coopetition from two perspectives: industry-wide and agent-specific. The paper provides an analysis of these perspectives and the past and on-going process of Booking.com’s platform closure. The constitutive dynamics this case endangers the coopetitive environment of the tourism industry and thus creates destructive uncertainties, especially for small hotels. This analysis also reveals the issues in terms of political representation for digital service platform companies. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Current Issues in Tourism | |
dc.rights | restrictedAccess | |
dc.title | Platform coopetition in the tourism industry: conflicts and tensions caused by the closure of Booking.com in Turkey | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.peerreviewed | yes | en_US |
dc.publicationstatus | Published | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Özyeğin University | |
dc.contributor.authorID | (ORCID 0000-0001-9916-1047 & YÖK ID 194394) Tekin, Ebru | |
dc.contributor.ozuauthor | Bilbil, Ebru Tekin | |
dc.identifier.volume | 22 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 13 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1617 | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 1637 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000472212700007 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13683500.2018.1461199 | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Governance network theory | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Booking.com | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Tourism | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Hotels | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Coopetition | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Platform | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Online | en_US |
dc.subject.keywords | Travel agencies | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | SCOPUS:2-s2.0-85045038399 | |
dc.contributor.authorFemale | 1 | |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Article - International Refereed Journal - Institution Academic Staff |
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