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Parisians to cash in with Airbnb

Olympic Games: Hosts will make a fortune, but business model criticised

Paris is expecting 15 million visitors for the Summer Olympics. As in the hotel industry, prices for Airbnb flats are also going through the roof: two or three nights now cost around 2,000 euros. / © rodrigo-kugnharski, unsplash

16.2.2024

The anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is not only creating excitement among sports fans but also among potential Airbnb hosts. Airbnb expects that over half a million guests will use its platform to stay in the Greater Paris region during the global event. Hosts are overpricing their homes or rooms and expect to earn almost 257 million euros in total throughout the Games.

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Sarah Douag

worked for a travel agency before she started writing for French media. From Cannes and Paris, she moved to lively Amsterdam, where she analyzes international hospitality trends and their backgrounds with razor-sharp precision.

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