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Since its founding in 2008, Airbnb has been cited as a huge disrupter in the hotel industry, heralded as the next big thing in travel as consumers embraced the sharing economy. As more young travelers ditched traditional hotels in favor of Airbnb's funky local lofts, tree houses and houseboats, some wondered if it would crush old-school hotel chains' business.
The answer is, not yet. While Airbnb's growth rate has been impressive (from 47,000 guests worldwide in the summer of 2010 to 17 million in the summer of 2015), it actually hasn't yet made a dent in hotel chains' bottom lines.
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