Talk:Airbnb/Archives/2015

Industry
A self claimed employee changed the industry to "hospitality", while an established editor changed it back to "social networking service". From my point of view, I don't believe either of these are correct.

Wouldn't the appropriate industry label for this business be either "Travel" or "travel services"? This would be better descriptive of their function, as well as being more in-line with how competing sites are labelled for their industry tags. --65.121.187.138 (talk) 16:59, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I am willing to vouch for either. According to the website, their services are based on user-reporting and connections (ex: private messaging, reviews, etc...), which makes them a social network. The website also makes reservations and take payments (such as expedia or priceline) through its system. Technically it could be both. ®amos 17:12, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

The article on Social networking service doesn't even mention Airbnb. Looking at the articles on the listed competitors, it seems that Travel is the best industry label. I've made that change. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 19:35, 22 March 2015 (UTC)