Airbnb Autonomous Vehicle Service
In this episode of The Road To Autonomy, Grayson Brulte discusses why Airbnb will launch an autonomous vehicle service in the future.
The $550 billion hotel industry is in flux and the big change has not even occurred yet. While traditional hoteliers fret over Airbnb and their $30 billion valuation, they are once again missing the big picture – autonomous vehicles.
While chain hotels were busy focusing on consistency, Airbnb was busy focusing on authenticity and learning about their customers. In the early days, Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO moved out of the apartment he shared with his co-founders to live exclusively on Airbnb. The co-founder of Airbnb believed in his product so much, he would live on the platform.
This level of dedication to the product is still evident today. If you visit Airbnb’s office, you will notice that the two dozen or so conference rooms are exact replicas of Airbnb listings around the world. How many traditional hotel companies have modeled their conference rooms as exact replicas of rooms around the world? Zero.
In keeping with this attention to detail, Airbnb moved into the experiences market in late 2016. Now in mid-2017, the hotel industry is once again playing catch up to Airbnb and the entire home-sharing revolution. As the hotel industry introduces experiences, Airbnb is busy working remaking the entire travel industry. Tune in to learn why Airbnb will launch an autonomous vehicle service in the future.
Interested in learning more about why Airbnb will launch an Autonomous Vehicle Service? Peruse our Automating A to Z: Will Airbnb Integrate Autonomous Vehicles? article.