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Green or eco-friendly practices in the accommodation sector are growing around the world. Conscious customers demand these services. The purpose of this paper is to analyse eco-friendly practices developed by hotels within the GreenLeaders Program from TripAdvisor in six destinations: Boston and Chicago, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Toronto. This information gathered is based on customer reviews published on TripAdvisor and hotel websites. The information is analysed from the concepts of evolutionary economic geography combine with consumer behaviour literature. Taking the six destinations as the main case study, this approach allows not only the comprehension of the green practices implemented by hotels, but also, customer recognition and perception about those practices related to sustainability.

The purpose of this study is to examine intention to travel to accessible accommodations by families of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the influence of travel constraints (intrinsic, interactive, and environmental), the severity of disorder, and the families' strategies for coping with such constraints. A structured survey targeted at Spanish families (N = 117) indicated that the intrinsic dimension and the severity of disorder positively influence their intention to travel. The study contributes to extend knowledge about travel constraints related to accessible tourism and provides insights to accommodation providers on how to better enhance the customer experience of families travelling with a child diagnosed with ASD.

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This article introduces the notions of reference dependence and loss aversion to the analysis of waiting times in tourism to examine their effects on people's willingness to pay (WTP). The empirical study carried out using quantile regression confirms that visitors to theme parks who are willing to pay a high price for express passes are reference-dependent (their WTP for an express pass is influenced by the difference between the expected waiting time and the perceived waiting time) and loss averse (a loss in waiting time, i.e. waiting longer than expected, has a greater effect on WTP as this loss is more annoying than an equal-sized gain in waiting time being satisfying). The implications of these findings for the literature on waiting in services are considered.