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Airbnb gets caught up in issues of discrimination

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When Airbnb created their micro-rental site they relied on host and guest profiles to match the ‘right customer to the right experience’.  But now that millions of homeowners have take advantage of the Airbnb platform as an entrepreneurial way to bring in a little more income every month, this dynamic has changed, moving away from notions of finding the right fit for the guest to issues of discrimination on the part of homeowners.

See what this means for cities and travelers in this article:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/13/technology/airbnb-chesky-discrimination/

 


 

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Jeremiah Magone is a B2B Copywriter in the Hospitality Technology Space