The company has just 600 employees but a million properties listed for rent, making it larger than the world’s biggest hotel chains. Of course, what Airbnb offers is different from what hotels provide; but if Airbnb offered options for, say, maid service or food, they could become closer competitors than one might initially imagine.
现在，大多数人都听过的Airbnb——在线公寓租赁服务。该公司只有不过600名员工，却拥有数百万个房间可供出租，比世界上最大的连锁酒店还要庞大。当然Airbnb提供的产品与酒店是不同的；但如果它能提供例如家居清洁服务和餐饮服务等更多选项，就可能成为比预想中更性质更相近的酒店竞争对手。