Quartz – It’s time for hotels to really, truly worry about Airbnb

July 12, 2016
The latest update from Airbnb could easily slip by. The company said today (July 12) that it’s partnering with three travel management companies—American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel, and Carlson Wagonlit Travel—to give their clients a chance to book on Airbnb. When the home-rental site is busy suing San Francisco, facing potentially crippling regulations in New York, and struggling to prove its platform isn’t racist, that announcement feels comparatively trivial. But it should have hotel proprietors quaking at their reception desks….
Source: http://qz.com/729878/its-time-for-hotels-to-really-truly-worry-about-airbnb/