{"id":2163,"date":"2019-01-28T22:11:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2019-01-29T22:30:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:30:45","slug":"airbnb-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/2019\/01\/airbnb-experiences.html","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb&#8217;s &#8220;Experiences&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim alignfull\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.fastcompany.net\/image\/upload\/w_596,c_limit,q_auto:best,f_auto\/fc\/3062246-inline-i-3-color-corrected-an-exclusive-look-at-airbnbs-first-foray-into-urban-planning.jpg)\"><p class=\"wp-block-cover-text\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90295055\/airbnb-will-pay-for-you-to-live-in-italy-for-three-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Airbnb will pay for you to live in Italy for three months<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> The San Francisco company originally partnered with the Italian city of Civita in 2016, and now is partnering with Grottole (via nonprofit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wondergrottole.it\/\">Wonder Grottole<\/a>) to help revitalize the city. \u201cWe will find every way possible to support sustainable tourism, and give visibility to these rural areas.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p><p>Airbnb\u2019s arrangement with Grottole is that the company provides funding for the city to buy three buildings to convert them to a new community center, owned by the city. It will also fund the sabbatical and local housing for four people (who agree to host Airbnb\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/40522519\/airbnb-doubles-down-on-its-experiences-feature-with-a-5m-investment\">experiences<\/a>\u201c\u2013educational classes and events hosted by locals) and, of course, generate lots of press for the city to encourage more tourism in the future. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3062246\/an-exclusive-look-at-airbnbs-first-foray-into-urban-planning\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3062246\/an-exclusive-look-at-airbnbs-first-foray-into-urban-planning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90169710\/lessons-from-airbnbs-first-foray-into-urban-renewal\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90169710\/lessons-from-airbnbs-first-foray-into-urban-renewal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[162,166],"tags":[177,178,95,179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ohjames.net\/ohjames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}