In order to win its war against room and reservation aggregators such as Booking or Hotels.com, Airbnb has added a new feather to its cap. Airbnb has tied up with French IT firm Avail pro to leverage the latter’s enormous reach of over ten-thousand boutique hotels across Asia and Europe. Reservations and prices will thus get synchronized using a common algorithm. Earlier this year, Airbnb had signed an agreement with management and distribution group Site Minder.This business innovation will provide Airbnb with access to about twenty-eight thousand hotels worldwide with whom Site Minder works directly with. Airbnb has even invited small, family-run hotels to tie-up with this initiative. They have very strictquality requirements though, so not all will be instantly accepted.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/airbnb-is-changing-hotel-industry-news10634

Uploaded Date:23 June 2018