Democrat & Rochester – Airbnb’s rise worries some hotels in Rochester area

March 24, 2017
That down-home feeling has helped grow Airbnb from a fledgling company looking to gain traction across the state about seven years ago to providing lodging to 2 million guests last year, a growth of roughly 43 percent from 2015. Airbnb’s rise already has threatened to undercut existing hotels much in the same Uber and Lyft could undermine the taxi and limo industry, if the latter two are approved in upstate…
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