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Airbnb – airbnb.com – is an American company which operates an online marketplace and hospitality service for people to lease or rent short-term lodging including holiday cottages, apartments, homestays, hostel beds, or hotel rooms, to participate in or facilitate experiences related to tourism such as walking tours, and to make reservations at restaurants. The company does not own any real estate or conduct tours; it is a broker which receives percentage service fees in conjunction with every booking.
Key Links
airbnb.com
news.airbnb.com
online experiences
@airbnb
Digital Literacy Quiz Questions
- Have you hosted an online experience on Airbnb?
- Have you participated in an online experience on Airbnb?
Examples
Auckland, New Jersey: Land of Volcanoes
Headlines
People around the world are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine. They don’t plan to check in – CNN
Airbnb CEO warns Big Tech – Axios
Inside the world’s most booked Airbnb
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the future of travel and his company
I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb – Vice
Airbnb scores victory – Politico
Addicted To Airbnb: Hawaii’s Tourism Economy Depends On Illegal Vacation Rentals
Features
Celebrating Rural Tourism & Our Most Hospitable Cities on World Tourism Day
Take a Flight to Nowhere in These Grounded Airplane Airbnbs
AirBNBs
Big Idaho Potato
Recommended Listening
Airbnb in the West Bank – The Israeli/Palestinian conflict over territory is being played out through Airbnb, which controversially lists rental properties in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Embedded Tweets
Planeta.com