A number of boutique hotel leaders recently gathered at a Boutique Lifestyle and Lodging Association conference to discuss how Airbnb was not a significant threat to their businesses. The key theme was that Airbnb cannot match their services, and that “big box,”...
It is nearly impossible to open a business magazine these days and not see a glowing story about how Airbnb is shaking up the travel industry. The company is leading the new peer-to-peer services sector with more than 350,000 properties and is valued at $10 billion....