Airbnb Accidentally Deleted Some Host Accounts, Leading to Cancellations
Photo Credit: Pictured is a file photo of Airbnb hosts in Chicago. The company apparently accidentally deleted some host accounts. Airbnb
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This system malfunction will hardly be a footnote in Airbnb's history, but the timing sucked for the IPO hopeful.
Airbnb hosts from Australia to France and Costa Rica were among those complaining Thursday that the short-term rental company deleted their accounts, leading to guest cancellations and irate emails.
Airbnb told Skift that it a system error Wednesday led to the mistaken deletion of a small number of host accounts during a maintenance procedure.
"On Wednesday afternoon, during
