Exploring the use of artificial intelligence in price maximisation in the tourism sector: its application in the case of Airbnb in the Valencian Community

The use of machine learning is becoming more and more frequent in companies’ search for competitiveness. Literature on the subject show us how in many cases artificial intelligence can help companies to improve their knowledge about users, optimize prices or guide buyers in their choices. To confirm...

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Autores: Moreno Izquierdo, Luis, Egorova, Galina, Peretó Rovira, Alexandre, Más Ferrando, Adrián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/37170
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/37170
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Machine learning
Airbnb
Tourism
Hedonic prices
Valencian region
Aprendizaje automático
Turismo
Precios hedónicos
Región valenciana
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
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Sumario:The use of machine learning is becoming more and more frequent in companies’ search for competitiveness. Literature on the subject show us how in many cases artificial intelligence can help companies to improve their knowledge about users, optimize prices or guide buyers in their choices. To confirm that the application of artificial intelligence models allows companies to obtain specifically better price optimisation procedures than with other traditional models, we have studied more than 10,000 Airbnb properties in the three main cities in the Valencian Community (Valencia, Alicante and Castellón), noting that the estimation process using neural networks offers significantly more satisfactory results than the use of hedonic models.