Airbnb to 'premium' hotel service

News for Airbnb in view of summer: The rental platform for private holiday homes, according to rumors from the Bloomberg site, is about to launch a "premium" service targeted at potential high-end customers with similar deals Of real hotels.

Airbnb would thus aim at intercepting the interest of people interested in its platform but still prefer the conveniences of the hotels with more stars. According to the report, the company is working on a "Select" service (this is the internal name) to be launched by the end of the year and with which to propose luxury properties that will be personally controlled by its "inspectors". The novelty should be added to the feature to allow payments between friends to travel together available as a test for some customers.

Airbnb's "Select" program should start off week as a test for a small number of apartment owners lending for the service: inspectors will visit them to make sure they comply with quality standards before making them available.