Airbnb Announces Neighborhoods, Local Lounges

The feature launched with 300 neighborhoods in seven cities around the world: San Francisco; New York; Washington, D.C.; London; Berlin; Paris; and Rio de Janeiro.

The company said that users have identified location as the single most important criteria guiding which Airbnb location they select in a given city. The feature allows users to select from a number of categories, such as dining or museums, that matter to them, and Airbnb will suggest neighborhoods that boast those features.