The woman from Jiangsu province in eastern China mistook the Chinese yuan (CNY) symbol for the Korean won (KRW) while booking a hotel apartment on Airbnb.
Airbnb's secret sauce is its brand, which allowed it to buck the conventional wisdom and successfully compete against far larger incumbents. Can it maintain that direct traffic advantage if it ...
When Airbnb came onto the scene the short-term rental game went from coastal areas requiring a phone call to book to a global property finder just a few clicks away.