a shonna in paris: day three

today was day 0 of the airbnb open, a conference airbnb is throwing for 4,300 airbnb hosts from 110 countries. really unlike anything else. the venue is like a giant public amusement park... we got a tour and it's so cool that such a cool place is public to everyone. this is the parc de la villette. we took tours and learned about what to expect over the next three days. also, i fell down the stairs during the tour in front of a ton of other employees and scraped my knee. classic shonna. 


it's so nice to be with all these amazing airbnb employees, meeting new people everyday and getting to know others even better. today was about connecting and getting excited for the conference. i've been working on this project since may so i'm definitely excited for it to start. we ended the night with a family dinner for the 630 employees. this is a tradition of airbnb. before the dinner i was fortunate enough to go to the superhost happy hour since i myself am a superhost. superhosts are hosts that meet certain criteria with ratings, responsiveness, etc. only 7% of our hours are superhosts and these folks sure have energy. it was fun to be around people who are so excited about airbnb and i got to meet some good friends of sasha's parents, laurel and steve. they have been hosting on airbnb since 2009 so they are some of our earliest hosts. they are amazing, i loved meeting them!! all this is very exhausting though and i haven't drank since tuesday night so I can recover since we have long and exhausting days. 



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