Despite the city’s dire water crisis, Cape Town has made the cut as a launch city for Airbnb Plus — a high-end segment of the online accommodation platform that’s akin to having a blue tick on Twitter.Last month, Airbnb named Cape Town among the 13 cities globally that would pioneer the product.Airbnb Plus is essentially a "new tier" of homes on the platform that have been verified "for quality and comfort", according to the US company’s country manager for SA, Velma Corcoran."Airbnb Plus was inspired by some of Airbnb’s best hosts and homes — and SA has many of those," Corcoran tells the Financial Mail.A quick search on the Airbnb platform brings up a handful of Plus homes in Cape Town, including a three-bedroom apartment at the V&A Waterfront that goes for R11,495 a night.This is not the first time the Mother City has been given launch-city status by the San Francisco-based firm. In 2016, Cape Town was one of 12 cities to introduce Airbnb’s "experiences" product — whereby hos...
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