Venture Beat – Amid escalating battle with Barcelona, Airbnb sends policy chief to plead its case

March 1, 2017
If you want to understand both the opportunities and the risks facing Airbnb, all you have to do is spend a few days in Barcelona. The city is massively popular with Airbnb users and was the company’s sixth-largest city in 2016. But that success has bred confrontation and hard feelings with local elected officials and the tourism industry here. The company needs to find a way to navigate such local fights successfully if it wants to continue growing and justify its sky-high valuation…
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