Digging to the core of Airbnb's Big Apple data | hotelnewsnow.com

As Airbnb continues to sign up hosts to become the largest provider of lodging rooms in the world (1 million and counting, as reported by Airbnb), hoteliers continue to assess the threat and the potential opportunity this new competitor poses. This article takes a deep dive into New York City by comparing and contrasting STR hotel data with publicly available Airbnb data. (STR is the parent company of Hotel News Now.)