An online marketplace for lodging, primarily homestays for vacation rentals, and tourism activities, Airbnb says it will use new methods to spot and block people who try to use the short-term rental service to throw a party.
The company said Tuesday it has introduced technology that
examines the would-be renter's history on Airbnb, how far they live from the
home they want to rent, whether they're renting for a weekday or weekend, and
other factors.
Airbnb said the screening system that it is rolling out for
listings in the United States and Canada has been tested since last October in
parts of Australia, where it produced a 35 percent drop in unauthorised
parties.
The San Francisco-based company said the technology is
designed to prevent a customer's request for reservation from ever reaching the
host of the property involved. Airbnb said people blocked from renting an
entire home might be able to book a single room because the host is more likely
to be around.
Airbnb has been under growing pressure to clamp down on
parties since 2019, when a Halloween house party in a San Francisco suburb
ended with five people dead in a shooting.
The following year, Airbnb announced a worldwide party ban
at its listings and banned people under 25 from renting an entire house near
their home unless they had a record of positive reviews on the site. The party
ban was initially cast as a temporary health measure during the pandemic but
was made permanent in June.
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