| | | | | | Airbnb to launch premium service to compete with hotels US: Airbnb is reportedly close to launching a service that will match guests with quality-inspected home and apartment rentals. Read more...
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Cornish jail hotel conversion gets planning green light
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| | | | A premium problem
• Airbnb's latest venture is a significant - and potentially worrying - one for the boutique hotel sector. It's aimed at older and wealthier travellers who are perhaps intrigued by Airbnb but have not plucked up the courage to actually book through the site.
Airbnb will ensure that all the properties which are listed in the new section will be very high quality, having been inspected in person by Airbnb staff. The company will be determined that this new target market has a great experience and then become repeat guests.
Hosts who participate in the new service get access to a professional photographer to shoot images of their home, along with other free perks including a consultation with an Airbnb-provided interior decorator.
The initiative is yet another reason to ensure that your hotel guests receive the very best service possible, and could also be a significant inventive for more hotels to actually use Airbnb as a distribution platform.
George Sell, editor, Boutique Hotel News
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| Interview: Enrique Mandl, GM, Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay
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| Q and A: Kevork Deldelian, COO, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels
Kevork Deldelian talks about the launch of the Agarwood eco-lifestyle hotel brand.
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