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Briefing
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- Restaurant Reservation – Airbnb added feature that allows users to book restaurants online through company’s website and mobile app, by clicking dedicated “Restaurants” tab
- Airbnb-Resy Partnership – Powered by restaurant reservation startup Resy, which garnered $13 million investment from Airbnb in January 2017
- Participating Restaurants – Initially include almost 650 restaurants in more than dozen U.S. cities, with plans to expand internationally
- Features – Search restaurants by cuisine or time of day and view map of nearby restaurants, with potential to include translation for foreign visitors
- Full-Scale Travel Agency – Airbnb positioning as full-scale travel agency with new restaurant reservation feature, and Trips launched in 2016 which package local travel experiences, competing against Priceline and Expedia
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Market Disruption
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Accommodation and Travel, Food and Beverage
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Organization
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Airbnb Inc., Resy
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Source
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"Airbnb and Resy team up to offer in-app restaurant reservations,"
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Garun, N., "Airbnb now lets you book restaurant reservations in the US",
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Hinchliffe, E., "Airbnb adds in-app restaurant reservations on its quest to take over travel",
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Zaleski, O., "Airbnb adds restaurant reservations to compete with Priceline",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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September 20, 2017
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