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Airbnb: Machine Learning to optimize the future of Gig Economy and the power of economy-sharing

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Nathalia Barbosa

Airbnb has focused in delivering a product that boosts the actual volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the market scenario by addressing the value in “experiences” for millennial generation

Airbnb: how a simple online matching service trumps value of hotel giant, Marriott

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Anny J

How does a simple online matching service become valued higher than hotel giant Marriott, a long-established hotel giant that owns over 4,000 physical properties, in just under 8 years? The secret is in its disruptive genius business model – designed so that Airbnb can make money by merely facilitating transactions, no risks and no costs associated with owning actual properties.

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Airbnb: Machine Learning to optimize the future of Gig Economy and the power of economy-sharing

Airbnb: how a simple online matching service trumps value of hotel giant, Marriott