{"id":53033,"date":"2017-04-26T23:19:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinas-airbnb-xiaozhu-targets-business-travellers-for-short-term-home-rentals\/"},"modified":"2017-04-26T23:35:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:35:28","slug":"chinas-airbnb-xiaozhu-targets-business-travellers-for-short-term-home-rentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinas-airbnb-xiaozhu-targets-business-travellers-for-short-term-home-rentals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018China\u2019s Airbnb\u2019 Xiaozhu targets business travellers for short-term home rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHome-sharing start-up Xiaozhu, often dubbed \u201cChina\u2019s Airbnb\u201d due to its similar business model, is looking at business travellers to boost the company\u2019s growth in China\u2019s short-term home-rental market.<br \/>\nOn Wednesday, Xiaozhu chief executive Kelvin Chen Chi said that the company would be carving out a new segment of homes that are specifically targeted at fulfilling the needs of employees on business trips.<br \/>\n\u201cOver 15 per cent of our bookings are for business&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/china-tech\/article\/2090935\/chinas-airbnb-xiaozhu-targets-business-travellers-short-term-home\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018China\u2019s Airbnb\u2019 Xiaozhu targets business travellers for short-term home rentals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Home-sharing start-up Xiaozhu, often dubbed \u201cChina\u2019s Airbnb\u201d due to its similar business model, is looking&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-dNn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59460,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/airbnb-looking-to-launch-rentals-for-luxury-mansions-and-penthouses\/","url_meta":{"origin":53033,"position":0},"title":"Airbnb looking to launch rentals for luxury mansions and penthouses","date":"July 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Airbnb is planning to launch a new rental service for mega-homes, mansions and penthouses that will be inspected to ensure they pass muster. 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