Inside Airbnb’s Grand Hotel Plans, the 3,000+ words piece by Austin Carr on FastCompany.com is a good read on Airbnb’s Brian Chesky and Chip Conley and how Airbnb looks at its entrepreneurial home and apartment rental business growing and shaking up the hospitality industry a bit more with their grand design.
Can an Airbnb loyalty program be too far off?
That is a rhetorical question. No rumors posted on Loyalty Traveler today.
Last week I wrote a piece on how small business start-ups are being generated through Airbnb growth and the demand for auxiliary services like cleaning businesses, rental managers and guest concierges for the area.
Want a small business. Be an Airbnb rental host. (March 12, 2014)
The FastCompany.com piece sounds like Airbnb wants to absorb many of these spin-off services into its own functions.
Airbnb is the 5th largest hotelier globally by number of beds according to the article. The company has a $2.7 billion valuation.
Brian Chesky founded Airbnb in 2008 and Chip Conley, founder of the Joie de Vivre hotel chain is now an Airbnb executive. They have plans for growing Airbnb.
Can an Airbnb loyalty program be too far off?
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Ric Garrido of Monterey, California is writer and owner of Loyalty Traveler.
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