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'''Hospitality Club''' ('''HC''') was a [[hospitality exchange service]] (a [[gift economy]] network for finding [[homestay]]s whereby hosts were not allowed to charge for [[lodging]]) accessible via a website.
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{{Other uses of|HC|HC (disambiguation)}}
'''Hospitality Club''' (HC) was a [[hospitality exchange service]] accessible via a website. The platform is a [[gift economy]]; hosts are not allowed to charge for [[lodging]] and are also not obligated to host.<ref name=noobligation/> Hospitality Club implemented a [[reputation system]], whereby members can leave references.<ref>{{cite book |last1=LAINE |first1=NINA |title=Trust in Superior-Subordinate Relationship: An empirical study in the context of learning |date=2008 |url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/66404/978-951-44-7418-7.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>{{BCN|date=February 2022}} For added safety, members are encouraged to check each other's passports, although it rarely happens.<ref name=top10/>


==History==
==History==
[[File:HC monnai 2005 banner.jpg|thumb|right|Hospitality Club [[banner]]; taken in July 2005 in [[Monnai]], France.]]
Hospitality Club was founded in July 2000 in [[Koblenz]].<ref name=top10>{{cite news | title=Top 10 hospitality travel sites | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/jun/27/travelwebsites.top10 | first=Vicky | last=Baker | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=27 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Couchsurfing mit Haken |url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/finanzen/article153750482/Couchsurfing-mit-Haken.html |last=Rodemann |first=Julian |work=[[Die Welt]] |date=29 March 2016}}</ref>
The first hospitality exchange service based on internet technology was Hospex.org in 1992 from Poland, which was later folded to Hospitality Club.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Sierra |first1=Mayra Eugenia |title=Couchsurfing: Un estudio exploratorio de las motivaciones en la experiencia turística |date=2019 |publisher=Universidad Nacional de La Plata |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/73945 |type=Tesis |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Koszewska |first1=Julia Maria |title=Gift, Exchange and Trust |date=2008 |url=https://issuu.com/julitxu/docs/ma_thesis}}</ref> Hospitality Club was founded in July 2000 in [[Koblenz]], by Veit Kühne.<ref name=top10>{{cite news | title=Top 10 hospitality travel sites | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/jun/27/travelwebsites.top10 | first=Vicky | last=Baker | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=27 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Couchsurfing mit Haken | trans-title=Couchsurfing with a hook |url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/finanzen/article153750482/Couchsurfing-mit-Haken.html |last=Rodemann |first=Julian |work=[[Die Welt]] |date=29 March 2016}}</ref>


In 2005 disagreement between some members of Hospitality Club and its founder led to the foundation of [[BeWelcome]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Vicky | last=Baker | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/19/caracas.adventure?page=all | title=Going local in Caracas, Venezuela | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=18 April 2008}}</ref> Many HC members, who became distinguished volunteers within [[Couchsurfing]] (so-called ''CS ambassadors''), left HC towards CS because of its missing legal status and insufficient management transparency.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Managing a non-profit hospitality platform conversion: The case of Couchsurfing.com |journal=Tourism Management Perspectives |date=2019-04-01 |volume=30 |pages=138–146 |doi=10.1016/j.tmp.2019.02.018 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211973619300297 |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=en |issn=2211-9736}}</ref>
In 2005, a disagreement between some members of Hospitality Club and its founder led to the foundation of [[BeWelcome]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Vicky | last=Baker | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/19/caracas.adventure?page=all | title=Going local in Caracas, Venezuela | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=18 April 2008}}</ref> Many HC members, who became distinguished volunteers within [[Couchsurfing]] (so-called ''CS ambassadors''), left HC towards CS because of its missing legal status and insufficient management transparency.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Managing a non-profit hospitality platform conversion: The case of Couchsurfing.com |journal=Tourism Management Perspectives |date=2019-04-01 |volume=30 |pages=138–146 |doi=10.1016/j.tmp.2019.02.018 |url=https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/files/58160942/finalsubmit10.pdf |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=en |issn=2211-9736|last1=o'Regan |first1=Michael |last2=Choe |first2=Jaeyeon |s2cid=150755845 }}</ref>


In February 2006, Kühne was working full-time on Hospitality Club.<ref>{{cite news | title=Backstory: Extreme vacation | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0228/p20s01-wome.html | first=Amelia | last=Thomas | work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] | date=28 February 2006}}</ref> In the spring 2006, the thitherto biggest HC-Party took place in [[Riga]] counting 430 participants from 36 countries.<ref name=stern/> As of July 2006, the site had 155,000 members.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/travel/09prac.html | title=Go to Strangers (and They'll Come to You) | first=Susan | last=Stellin | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 9, 2006}}</ref> This number grew by a ca. 1,000 new members a week in 2006.<ref name=stern>{{cite news |title=Freunde in der Fremde |url=https://www.stern.de/digital/online/hospitality-club-freunde-in-der-fremde-3504590.html |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=stern.de |language=de}}</ref>
In February 2006, Kühne was working full-time on Hospitality Club.<ref>{{cite news | title=Backstory: Extreme vacation | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0228/p20s01-wome.html | first=Amelia | last=Thomas | work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] | date=28 February 2006}}</ref> In the spring of 2006, the hitherto biggest HC-Party took place in [[Riga]] counting 430 participants from 36 countries.<ref name=stern/> As of July 2006, the site had 155,000 members.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/travel/09prac.html | title=Go to Strangers (and They'll Come to You) | first=Susan | last=Stellin | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 9, 2006}}</ref> This number grew by around 1,000 new members a week in 2006.<ref name=stern>{{cite news |title=Freunde in der Fremde | trans-title=Friends abroad |url=https://www.stern.de/digital/online/hospitality-club-freunde-in-der-fremde-3504590.html | date=27 January 2006 |work=[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]] |language=de}}</ref>


In 2007, [[Google Trends]] search volume for hospitalityclub.org started to decline and was overtaken by the search volume for [[CouchSurfing]].<ref>{{cite conference |doi=10.1109/ICDMW.2015.239 |title=Hospitality Exchange Services as a Source of Spatial and Social Data? |year=2015 |author1=Rustam Tagiew |author2=Dmitry I. Ignatov |author3=Radhakrishnan Delhibabu |conference=(IEEE) International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW) |pages=1125–1130 |place=Atlantic City}}</ref> In 2007, HC's specified goals have been to facilitate ''"intercultural understanding ... bringing people together ... travelers and locals"''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Luca |first1=Lucian C. |title=Staying without paying: Heading towards free tourism. |date=2007 |publisher=Central European University |location=Budapest |url=http://www.etd.ceu.hu/2007/luca_lucian.pdf |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2007, [[Google Trends]] search volume for hospitalityclub.org started to decline and was overtaken by the search volume for [[CouchSurfing]].<ref>{{cite conference |doi=10.1109/ICDMW.2015.239 |title=Hospitality Exchange Services as a Source of Spatial and Social Data? |year=2015 |author1=Rustam Tagiew |author2=Dmitry I. Ignatov |author3=Radhakrishnan Delhibabu |conference=(IEEE) International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW) |pages=1125–1130 |place=Atlantic City}}</ref> In 2007, HC's specified goals have been to facilitate ''"intercultural understanding ... bringing people together ... travelers and locals"''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Luca |first1=Lucian C. |title=Staying without paying: Heading towards free tourism. |date=2007 |publisher=Central European University |location=Budapest |url=http://www.etd.ceu.hu/2007/luca_lucian.pdf |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>

In 2008, HC had more than 400,000 members from 200 countries.<ref name=top10/>

In 2012, HC made a partnership with AirBnB, inviting its members to join AirBnB.{{cn|date=September 2022}}


In 2013, HC had more than a half of million members from 200 countries.<ref name=noobligation>{{cite journal |last1=Локша |first1=Анна Владимировна |title=О необходимости повышения социальной составляющей молодежного туризма в России |journal=Телескоп: Журнал Социологических И Маркетинговых Исследований |date=2013 |issue=5 |url=https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=20380753 |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=ru |issn=1994-3776}}</ref>
In 2013, HC had more than a half of million members from 200 countries.<ref name=noobligation>{{cite journal |last1=Локша |first1=Анна Владимировна |title=О необходимости повышения социальной составляющей молодежного туризма в России |journal=Телескоп: Журнал Социологических И Маркетинговых Исследований |date=2013 |issue=5 |url=https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=20380753 |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=ru |issn=1994-3776}}</ref>


By 2017, only one third of members were still active.<ref name=tagblatt>{{cite news |title=Ein umstrittenes Geschäftsmodell |url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/appenzellerland/ein-umstrittenes-geschaeftsmodell-ld.609319 |access-date=16 July 2022 |work=tagblatt.ch |language=de-ch}}</ref>
Currently the website is not working anymore (July 2022).


Maintenance of the portal stalled in 2019, since early 2021 Hospitality Club was unusable, since April 2022 it is not possible to access the website.<ref name=unsere-zeitung>{{cite news |title=Der Hospitality Club – ein Nachruf |url=https://www.unsere-zeitung.at/2022/08/24/hospitality-club-ein-nachruf-2/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=unsere-zeitung.at |language=de-at}}</ref>
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==External links==


==Safety measures==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpmvuHfyGNw A podcast about hospitality club] on German [[RTL_(German_TV_channel)|RTL]]
Hospitality Club had a [[reputation system]], whereby members left references for others.<ref name=stern/> For added safety, members were encouraged to check each other's passports, although it rarely happened.<ref name=top10/>


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist|1}}

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==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpmvuHfyGNw A podcast about hospitality club] on German [[RTL_(German_TV_channel)|RTL]]

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Revision as of 17:49, 10 January 2024

Part of a series on
Homestays
Hospitality exchange services
Hospitality for work
Hospitality for money
Home exchange and others
For other uses of "HC", see HC (disambiguation).
Hospitality Club
Area servedGlobal
OwnerVeit Kühne
Founder(s)Veit Kühne
ProductsHomestay
ServicesSocial networking service
LaunchedJuly 11, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-07-11)
Current statusOffline

Hospitality Club (HC) was a hospitality exchange service (a gift economy network for finding homestays whereby hosts were not allowed to charge for lodging) accessible via a website.

History

Hospitality Club banner; taken in July 2005 in Monnai, France.

The first hospitality exchange service based on internet technology was Hospex.org in 1992 from Poland, which was later folded to Hospitality Club.[1][2] Hospitality Club was founded in July 2000 in Koblenz, by Veit Kühne.[3][4]

In 2005, a disagreement between some members of Hospitality Club and its founder led to the foundation of BeWelcome.[5] Many HC members, who became distinguished volunteers within Couchsurfing (so-called CS ambassadors), left HC towards CS because of its missing legal status and insufficient management transparency.[6]

In February 2006, Kühne was working full-time on Hospitality Club.[7] In the spring of 2006, the hitherto biggest HC-Party took place in Riga counting 430 participants from 36 countries.[8] As of July 2006, the site had 155,000 members.[9] This number grew by around 1,000 new members a week in 2006.[8]

In 2007, Google Trends search volume for hospitalityclub.org started to decline and was overtaken by the search volume for CouchSurfing.[10] In 2007, HC's specified goals have been to facilitate "intercultural understanding ... bringing people together ... travelers and locals".[11]

In 2008, HC had more than 400,000 members from 200 countries.[3]

In 2012, HC made a partnership with AirBnB, inviting its members to join AirBnB.[citation needed]

In 2013, HC had more than a half of million members from 200 countries.[12]

By 2017, only one third of members were still active.[13]

Maintenance of the portal stalled in 2019, since early 2021 Hospitality Club was unusable, since April 2022 it is not possible to access the website.[14]

Safety measures

Hospitality Club had a reputation system, whereby members left references for others.[8] For added safety, members were encouraged to check each other's passports, although it rarely happened.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sierra, Mayra Eugenia (2019). Couchsurfing: Un estudio exploratorio de las motivaciones en la experiencia turística (Tesis) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
  2. ^ Koszewska, Julia Maria (2008). Gift, Exchange and Trust.
  3. ^ a b c Baker, Vicky (27 June 2008). "Top 10 hospitality travel sites". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Rodemann, Julian (29 March 2016). "Couchsurfing mit Haken" [Couchsurfing with a hook]. Die Welt.
  5. ^ Baker, Vicky (18 April 2008). "Going local in Caracas, Venezuela". The Guardian.
  6. ^ o'Regan, Michael; Choe, Jaeyeon (2019-04-01). "Managing a non-profit hospitality platform conversion: The case of Couchsurfing.com" (PDF). Tourism Management Perspectives. 30: 138–146. doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2019.02.018. ISSN 2211-9736. S2CID 150755845. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ^ Thomas, Amelia (28 February 2006). "Backstory: Extreme vacation". Christian Science Monitor.
  8. ^ a b c "Freunde in der Fremde" [Friends abroad]. Stern (in German). 27 January 2006.
  9. ^ Stellin, Susan (July 9, 2006). "Go to Strangers (and They'll Come to You)". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Rustam Tagiew; Dmitry I. Ignatov; Radhakrishnan Delhibabu (2015). Hospitality Exchange Services as a Source of Spatial and Social Data?. (IEEE) International Conference on Data Mining Workshop (ICDMW). Atlantic City. pp. 1125–1130. doi:10.1109/ICDMW.2015.239.
  11. ^ Luca, Lucian C. (2007). Staying without paying: Heading towards free tourism (PDF). Budapest: Central European University. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. ^ Локша, Анна Владимировна (2013). "О необходимости повышения социальной составляющей молодежного туризма в России". Телескоп: Журнал Социологических И Маркетинговых Исследований (in Russian) (5). ISSN 1994-3776. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Ein umstrittenes Geschäftsmodell". tagblatt.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Der Hospitality Club – ein Nachruf". unsere-zeitung.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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