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03•12•18 Welcome to the Short Term Rentalz weekly newsletter!
• Never let it be said that Airbnb and its founders are short of ambition. The company’s move in to the home design and building arena with its new Backyard venture, is a bold and brave move.
For a company which currently operates purely in the digital space, moving in to construction industry might be something of a culture shock. Building sites are often inhospitable and unforgiving places, subject to the vagaries of the weather and human error.
But Airbnb is aiming to use innovative new techniques, which will invariably involve prefabricated and modular building methods. Large parts of its homes are likely to be made in factories by robots and transported to their final locations, where they can literally be bolted together.
And Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia says the project could become as big as Airbnb itself. "We're optimising for Backyard's potential. We're interested in thoughtfully exploring the opportunity and doing something transformative, similar to how Airbnb did when it started,” he said.
• We hope you are enjoying our new Short Term Rentalz website - we are committed to providing the latest news and intelligence for the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving short term rental industry, covering urban and resort vacation rentals, home-sharing, holiday homes, business travel and more.
This is such an exciting industry, and it's growing at a dizzying speed. There is so much happening in the space in terms of legislation, technological innovation and major investment we felt it was important that there was a dedicated news and information resource for short term rental professionals to keep up to date. Short Term Rentalz will bring you all the important news, along with comment, analysis, guest writers and video content.
If you have a story you want us to tell the industry, please contact me on the email address below.
George Sell, editor
george@internationalhospitality.media
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