Airbnb’s Supposed Independent Host Clubs Are Run by the Company: New Report 🔒

Skift Take: Airbnb’s stealthy financing and leadership of supposedly grassroots host clubs around the world to pursue the short-term rental giant’s advocacy agenda may be an effective tactic, but it furthers a false narrative about the nature of the company, and it is a blotch on its reputation.

— Dennis Schaal