Airbnb cajoles hotel owners with promise of lower commission rates
Airbnb was first for home owners. Now it's going after hotel owners. In an open letter penned today by Airbnb and addressed to boutique hotel and bed-and-breakfast owners, the home-sharing titan outlined its case for why those properties should list on its site, which already boasts around 4.5 million global listings. It read in part: “We know that many of you are thinking about the best ways to market your rooms online... Time and again, small business owners told us that th