INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
One month after Airbnb confirmed plans to verify all of its listings, the home-sharing giant has announced additional efforts to protect
cleanliness concerns, as well as unauthorized guests, parking and smoking
platform.Unauthorized parties have long been banned from Airbnb homes
The new policy seeks to halt certain guests from hosting events not approved by hosts, such as a recent Halloween party hosted at a
California Airbnb rental in which five people were killed.Finally, Airbnb is launching a new hotline for mayors and city officials to
incorporating stricter guest standards, instead looking to its thousands of hosts to devise individual house rules
As the company matures and crafts its pitch to Wall Street, we can expect to see additional updates to its policy to protect hosts, guests
and communities.Early last month, Airbnb said all properties would soon be verified for accuracy of photos, addresses, listing details,
cleanliness, safety and basic home amenities
in a company-wide email last month
Beginning this month, Airbnb will rebook or refund guests who check into rentals that do not meet the new accuracy standards.The company
last month also outlined plans to launch a 24/7 Neighbor Hotline to give guests access to a real Airbnb employee from any location at any
