Airbnb uses strategic thinking to shield the company--and its renters--against scandals such as orgies, prostitution, and even suicides.
Airbnb host Ari Teman handed over the keys to his Manhattan apartment last Friday to a guest visiting New York ostensibly for a wedding. But when Teman returned to his apartment that evening, he was aghast to learn that the guest had rented his apartment so he could host an all-night orgy that was open to the public.