Skift Take
New data from AirDNA show that corporate hosts wield huge power on Airbnb's platform despite the fact that individual hosts make up more than 90 percent of hosting's ranks. Airbnb is empowering the growth of these property managers, but the result could be disenchanted hosts and guests.
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Online Travel This Week
Airbnb's strategy since the onset of the pandemic has shifted from striving to be a super brand of travel, with flights and hotels, to being a super band of hosts.
Airbnb's current global TV and digital campaign — in which it spent close to $9 millio