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Lodging Look-Alikes: Hotels, Airbnb Check In To Each Other's Turf

Marriott's expansion this week of its home-renting venture and Airbnb's expansion into the hotel business show how the industries are increasingly playing in each other sandboxes.
Marriott International's Homes & Villas home-rental initiative offers luxury properties in 100 markets. It's an example of how the hotel and short-term home-rental businesses are converging.

This week brought fresh evidence that the hotel and home-sharing industries are converging.

Marriott announced it's expanding its home-rental pilot to worldwide. Meanwhile, Airbnb announced it's developing 10 floors of for short-term rentals in a hotel-like offering. That comes on the heels of its deal to buy , an online booking

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