A complete range of accommodations to satisfy the needs of most travelers, with an emphasis on destination and authentic and personalized experiences, has been designed by Airbnb for the next 10 years, according to the following report by gucki.it:
The project features 4 new categories of accommodation, holiday homes, unique accommodation, boutique hotels and Bed and Breakfast, in addition to the existing accommodation categories offered by the platform in a common or private room.
Aiming to constantly offer more authentic, personal and custom-made travel experiences, Airbnb celebrating its 10th birthday, announces the launch of 4 new types of accommodation, new categories, the new Airbnb Collections service and a new membership program for those who use the platform.
Ten years ago, the founders of Airbnb, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, put three inflatable mattresses in their apartment in San Francisco giving life to what has become a real phenomenon that has altered the way we travel globally.
With 4.5 million homes distributed in 81,000 cities, Airbnb makes hosts earn over $ 41 billion within 10 years.
4 new types of accommodation
Over the years, the types of accommodation on the platform become more and more diversified and now in addition to house types already existing – Entire House, Private Room and Shared Room – Airbnb launches Holiday Homes, Unique Accommodation, B&B and Boutique Hotel to widen the choice for guests.
Potential guests will be able to discover the accommodation by navigating in the 7 categories starting from this Summer.
New categories: Airbnb Plus and Airbnb Beyond
To expand its offer, the platform has also presented two new categories of houses, personally verified one by one, according to criteria of quality and comfort. With 2000 houses in 13 cities ready to be booked, Airbnb Plus is designed for guests looking for beautiful homes, exceptional hosts.
To be into this category, accommodation and owners must follow a list of 100 requirements including cleanliness, comfort and design. Homes in this category will have greater visibility within the platform and exclusive services such as interior design consultancy as well as photography experts.
Airbnb Beyond is a luxurious version of the Airbnb services: beginning from this Spring, the platform will offer exclusive travel experiences in the most beautiful houses in the world, offering the hospitality of the highest level.
Airbnb Collections
Last week Airbnb launched Airbnb for Families and Airbnb for Work, while during 2018 the platform will also host Social, Wedding, Honeymoon, Between Friends and Dinners.
The offer is diversifying more and more, in hope that finding the perfect home will be easier…
As Chesky stressed in the beginning and conclusion of his announcement with the notion that Airbnb can be a company that’s “for everyone” and while the company does seem to certainly be expanding the variety of the types of homes and experiences you can find on its platform — and making it easier to sift through those 4.5 million listings — a challenge for the company remains in making sure it does involve “all of its stakeholders,” as Chesky noted in his January 25 open letter. That means not only appealing to its hosts, and its guests, but also the local communities in which it operates.
He ended his keynote by paying homage to Airbnb’s hosts.
“Hosts create this magical world,” he pointed out. “They have been leading the way and they will continue to lead us down the path … and I’m really excited for what the next 10 years look like.”
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