Airbnb added restaurant reservation feature in website and app through partnership with restaurant booking startup Resy

Briefing

Airbnb added restaurant reservation feature in website and app through partnership with restaurant booking startup Resy

September 21, 2017

Briefing

  • 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

Market Disruption

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

Sector

Accommodation and Travel, Food and Beverage

Organization

Airbnb Inc., Resy

Source

Original Publication Date

September 20, 2017

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