As the world’s largest OTA company, 188bet best bookmaker has recently launched a new round of competition with Airbnb, the world’s largest homestay platform, in the field of non-standard accommodation。March 14，In view of the layout in the field of non-standard accommodation，188bet best bookmaker said，Currently，The platform provides more than 28 million online properties，More than 153,000 destinations in 225 countries and regions around the world，This includes more than 6.5 million B&B short-term rentals、Apartments and other specialty accommodations。From the full year data，188bet best bookmaker in 2020.comBooking.com，Non-standard accommodation contributes about 30% of the platform’s room nights。Although 188bet best bookmaker did not respond positively to the competition with Airbnb，But just recently，188bet best bookmaker CEO Glenn Fogel publicly stated，188bet best bookmaker has a powerful platform，Existing traditional hotel rooms，There are also non-standard accommodations that Airbnb is good at operating。In the opinion of industry insiders，188bet best bookmaker’s move is quite similar to calling Airbnb from afar。

Public information display，Airbnb in 220 countries and regions around the world、More than 100,000 cities with 5.6 million open listings。In the opinion of industry insiders，188bet best bookmaker’s announcement，It means to benchmark Airbnb’s position in the non-standard accommodation field。

In fact，This is not the first time that 188bet best bookmaker has “called out” Airbnb。Previously its CEO also publicly disclosed 188bet best bookmaker’s number of non-standard accommodations，Seems like it wants to compete with Airbnb for the top spot in non-standard accommodation。Beijing Business Daily reporter also learned，Starting from September 2017，The secret war between 188bet best bookmaker and Airbnb has begun，The benchmarking of housing and customer sources in non-standard areas has also been reported in the press。And in April 2018，Industry news also pointed out，188bet best bookmaker officially announced that the total number of online listings has exceeded 5 million，Exceeding the more than 4 million units announced by Airbnb’s official website，Occupying the advantage of housing resources。Even Glenn Fogel said it publicly，Sceptical about Airbnb’s listings。

In addition，188bet best bookmaker also stated，“Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic，The tourism industry has withstood unprecedented impacts and challenges，We also hope to join forces with all parties，Work together to achieve the reconstruction and recovery of the tourism industry。Next，Trust with 188bet best bookmakercom further expansion of the total number of listings on 188bet best bookmakercom，We have broader development space in the field of non-standard accommodation。”

In the opinion of Zhao Huanyan, chief knowledge officer of Huamei Hotel Consulting Agency，188bet best bookmaker used to mainly target properties from property companies，Now competing with Airbnb，To compete for Airbnb’s traditional customers。But at the same time，Airbnb will also take countermeasures。In addition，Due to the abundant customer base of the sharing economy，Both companies will have good development prospects，However, whether the specific development can meet expectations depends on the restrictions imposed by local governments。

In addition，Industry insiders also analyzed，The past year，Affected by the epidemic，Although 188bet best bookmaker sits on the “throne” of the world’s largest OTA，However, its performance has been greatly affected，The performance of stock prices in the capital market has also been affected to a certain extent。Looking at Airbnb，Although the number of properties is not as good as 188bet best bookmaker，But its performance in the capital market exceeded expectations。Reporter from Beijing Business Daily found out，As of March 12th，Airbnb’s total market value reaches US5.8 billion，The trading volume is 555.650,000 shares，But in comparison，188bet best bookmaker’s performance is slightly inferior，Its market value is 983.USD 500 million，The trading volume is only 40.470,000 shares。Meanwhile，Airbnb’s average transaction volume in 3 months is 50.760,000 shares，And 188bet best bookmaker is 38.010,000 shares。The above-mentioned industry insiders also believe that，As the epidemic situation improves in the future，It is expected that the competition between the two in the field of non-standard accommodation will become more intense。

*Source of this article：Beijing Business Daily, Author: Guan Zichen, Wu Qiyun,Original title: "188bet best bookmaker calls Airbnb？The world’s two major travel 188bet best bookmaker platforms start a battle for B&B accommodation》.