Is Airbnb Catching Up to Traditional Hotels? | travelpulse.com

While the hotel industry may be wary of Airbnb's sudden emergence, a new independent analysis by STR suggests the short-term rental platform still has ways to go before it can be considered a legitimate threat to traditional hotels and resorts. STR examined hotel performance data alongside Airbnb-sourced data between December 2013 and July 2016 from 13 different markets, including Barcelona, Miami, Paris, San Francisco and Tokyo, among...