Airbnb is helping hosts test their listing’s WiFi and have the speed verified on their site. — Dreamstime/TNS
Airbnb Inc is rolling out new features, including verified Internet speeds at hosts’ homes and options to search for listings up to a year in advance, as the vacation-rental company bets that remote work and flexible travel is here to stay.
The more than 50 new features, announced a day after US borders reopened to foreign tourists, are part of chief executive officer Brian Chesky’s vision of a new golden age of travel that was born in the Covid-era, where work and leisure blend together as companies move away from an office-centric lifestyle.
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