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As 2024 came to an end, the Spanish government finally approved new regulations for the official registration of tourist rentals in Spain. Although the rules officially come into force on January 2nd 2025, the law establishes a transition period lasting until 1 July 2025 in which all short-term, tourist property owners affected can register in […]
13 min read · Dec 17, 2024 Airbnb had a large presence at the 2024 KDD conference hosted in Barcelona, Spain. Our Data Scientist and Engineers presented on topics like Deep Learning & Search Ranking, Online Experimentation & Measurement, Product Quality & Customer Journey, and Two-sided Marketplaces. This blog post summarizes our contributions to KDD […]
I Rented an AirBnB to Look for Hidden Cameras Source link
Vijaya Kaza is the Chief Security Officer and Head of Engineering for Trust and Safety at Airbnb. She leads teams responsible for developing the technology (Platforms, tools and AI models), to safeguard the Airbnb community, as well as for securing Airbnb’s infrastructure and information assets. She is also the executive co-sponsor of Airbnb Tech’s Diversity […]
Big changes could be coming to Airbnb next year. In a conversation at WIRED’s Big Interview even in San Francisco on Tuesday, the company’s cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky told global editorial director Katie Drummond that he hopes that, in 2025, “people say ‘that was one of the biggest reinventions of a company in recent […]
An unusual view hidden behind a curtain at an Airbnb venue in Venice, Italy, has baffled users on Reddit. Images of the view were shared by the guest in a post on Reddit under the username empirepark and the post was titled: “Here’s what’s behind the bedroom curtains in my Venice Airbnb.” The post has […]
Hotels charged an average of $417 per night in September, the highest monthly rate ever for the city. “I don’t understand how normal people can go there,” one tourist said. Source link
How Airbnb built a stream processing platform to power user personalization. By: Kidai Kwon, Pavan Tambay, Xinrui Hua, Soumyadip (Soumo) Banerjee, Phanindra (Phani) Ganti Understanding user actions is critical for delivering a more personalized product experience. In this blog, we will explore how Airbnb developed a large-scale, near real-time stream processing platform for capturing and […]
How Airbnb’s conversational AI platform powers LLM application development. By Chutian Wang, Zhiheng Xu, Paul Lou, Ziyi Wang, Jiayu Lou, Liuming Zhang, Jingwen Qiang, Clint Kelly, Lei Shi, Dan Zhao, Xu Hu, Jianqi Liao, Zecheng Xu, Tong Chen Artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) are a rapidly evolving sector at the forefront of technological […]
NYC vs. Airbnb: A Love-Hate Relationship New York City, the city that never sleeps, has always been a hub for travelers. From its iconic skyline to its vibrant culture, the Big Apple has something for everyone. But recently, the city has been making headlines for a less glamorous reason: its crackdown on Airbnb. Why the […]