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Airbnb plans rapid expansion as holiday home bookings hit 5m
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Holiday homes marketplace Airbnb has received 5m guest bookings since its inception in 2008, with 4m of these booked in the last year alone, according to stats released by the company. The stats indicate impressive growth by the San-Francisco startup, which now boasts some 100,000 property listings across 192 countries around the world. The firm is partially attributing its success to the problems in the wider global economy, which sees people looking to new ways to supplement their incomes. "Airbnb was founded so we could solve our own financial need at the time - making rent by sharing the extra space we had," says Brian Chesky, CEO and co-founder of Airbnb. "Now, there are millions of people around the world using Airbnb to their benefit. Our community is demonstrating the inherent social, economic, and cultural value in the sharing economy."
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