TOKYO -- As Japan's short-staffed hotel industry struggles to accommodate a post-COVID resurgence in foreign tourists, Airbnb co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Nathan Blecharczyk sees private vacation rentals as a solution.
Airbnb, which operates a platform to match travelers with hosts offering lodgings, uses an artificial intelligence-based program to recommend rentals. Private rentals are effective in solving issues such as a worker shortage, Blecharczyk said.
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