The AI and machine learning technology will be activated over the holiday weekend to block potentially high-risk bookings for full homes. The program will be used in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, the UK, France, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. Bookings for full homes that are one to three days long and deemed high risk will be blocked, and those who successfully book a local Airbnb will be asked to confirm their understanding of Airbnb's party ban.
Key takeaways:
- Airbnb is using AI technology to prevent people from hosting wild New Year's Eve parties at its properties.
- The company first banned parties in 2020 and made the ban permanent in 2022, enforcing it particularly strictly around holidays.
- The AI technology checks hundreds of factors before blocking a booking attempt, including the duration of the trip, the distance of the booking from the user's location, and if the reservation is made at the last minute.
- Last year, Airbnb blocked 63,550 New Year's Eve bookings in the United States, 13,200 in the United Kingdom, and 5,400 in Australia.