CEO of Trivago says Travelers Want Coziness of Airbnb but Predictability of Hotel (my thoughts)

Summary

Richard Fertig discusses the CEO of Trivago's views that travelers want the coziness of an Airbnb with the predictability of a hotel. He analyzes how the growth in corporate rental arbitrage ventures like Sonder and Lyric have shifted the short-term rental landscape and where individual hosts can still win with character, charm, and improving reliability and communication.