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Airbnb takes credit for restaurant boost
Airbnb has released a report which, it claims, highlights the positive impact it is having on restaurants in the world’s major cities.
Its report, which focuses on 44 cities worldwide, claims that Airbnb guests generated $6.5 billion for restaurants around the world in the last 12 months.
Across the 10 European cities cited in the report, including London, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, guests have spent more than €2.5 billion, €700 million more than the previous 12 months.
In London alone, guests have spent £522 million in local restaurants since September 2016, £79 million up on the previous period.
James McClure, general manager for Northern Europe, said: "We’ve always known that guests using Airbnb to travel are not only looking to live like a local through the homes they stay in, but also in the things that they do and the places that they eat.
“Local businesses are getting a huge boost in guest spending whenever Airbnb guests are in town, with London in particular coming top in restaurant spending across all the European cities cited in this report.”
According to Airbnb, its guests are spending an average of $40-$100 per night in restaurants.
Almost half (43%) of this spending is in the neighbourhood in which they are staying.
The report comes as Airbnb announces a partnership in the US with restaurant booking-app Resy, where guests can book restaurants directly through Airbnb’s app and website.
The service is available in 16 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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