Airbnb moves into content creation with hipster city guides launch

Refreshed app will offer travel tips in addition to rental options

Airbnb has redesigned its app shifting the worldwide accommodation hosting site into travel writing and content creation.

The San Francisco-based hospitality hosting site is developing a series of local guidebooks that collate area tips written by local hosts.

As well as travel recommendations, the new guidebooks app will offer "neighbourhood matching" for users.

The guides will offer three million tips from 35 cities, while "neighbourhood matching" will start by covering 23 of Airbnb’s ...