Airbnb adds new services such as in-home massages, chefs and more as platform expands
‘Who doesn’t want a quesadilla in bed?’ Airbnb’s chief executive does. Its newly updated app offers users options to book in-home services
Airbnb has begun letting users book in-home massages, chefs and personal trainers as part of an overhaul of its app as it continues to expand beyond being just a platform for short-term lodging.
“Hotels do have one thing that we don’t have and those are services,” said chief executive Brian Chesky at a launch event in Los Angeles, in the US state of California. “Who doesn’t want a quesadilla in bed?”
People also have the option of using the Airbnb app to schedule the services in their own homes when they are not travelling.
Airbnb has logged more than 2 billion guest arrivals since it first launched its website in 2008, according to Chesky.
“Seventeen years ago, we changed the way people travel,” Chesky said. “More than two billion guests later, Airbnb is synonymous with a place to stay.”