Russia’s Ostrovok Adds Airbnb, Makes Misleading ‘Biggest’ Claim

Dennis Schaal

August 27th, 2014 at 9:50 AM EDT

Photo Credit: Ostrovok.ru customers can now view Airbnb listings, but must go through Airbnb and contact hosts to reserve an apartment or room. Ostrovok.ru

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In the short term, we'll probably see a divide between the booking (Ostrovok.ru) and metasearch sites (Hipmunk) that will partner with Airbnb, and the more conservative ones that won't. The holdouts will eventually come around.

Airbnb has executed its first international integration with Russia accommodations site Ostrovok.ru, which now claims to provide "the biggest choice of accommodation in the world, with 900,000 options." That's the word from Ostrovok CEO Serge Faguet, who adds that "we see the partnership of Ostrovok.ru and Airbnb as a great opportunity to offer our customers the biggest choice of accommodation worldwi

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