Global Macro Monitor

Marriott wants to add 30,000 rooms this year.  We will add that in the next two weeks.
– Brian Chesky,  Airbnb CEO

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Airbnb, the site upending the hotel industry, is the darling of the sharing economy. Can the old-world hotel industry do anything to hold off this juggernaut? Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson looks at the numbers driving Airbnb. (Source: Bloomberg)

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