article_snippet.sent: Airbnb has plans for rapid growth in Cuba, where Airbnb employees have spent the last three months signing up property owners in advance of the expected crush of American visitors.
article_snippet.sent: Kay Kuehne, regional director for Airbnb, told the Associated Press:
article_snippet.sent: We believe that Cuba could become one of Airbnb's biggest markets in Latin America.
article_snippet.sent: ‘We are actually plugging into an existing culture of micro-enterprise in Cuba.
article_snippet.sent: The hosts in Cuba have been doing for decades what we just started doing seven years ago.
article_snippet.sent: With more than one million private listings, Airbnb’s ambitious plans for Cuba are being hailed by AP has the most significant US business expansion on Cuba since the old Cold War foes pledged to restore full diplomatic relations and move towards opening trade.
article_snippet.sent: I think this is going to help our business prosper, to definitely improve, not just private business, but everything here.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Kuehne said Cuban and US authorities have welcomed Airbnb’s expansion.
highlights_snippet.sent: Airbnb has been signing up Cuban property owners for three months .
  