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World Travel Market 2017 Industry Report
6. THE SHARING ECONOMY
The sharing or peer-to-peer economy is failing to have any signi cant impact on the travel habits of UK holidaymakers.
Q. What impact has the ‘sharing economy’ and peer-to-peer websites such as AirBnB, One nestay, Couchsur ng, Flipkey and Uber had on your company?
(UK holidaymakers survey)
Furthermore, the in uence of the sector has not grown during the past few years, despite the efforts by brands such as Uber and Airbnb to become more mainstream.
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