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Speaker 1: Bed and breakfasts of the traditional type of taking off. Apparently,

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Speaker 1: it's been the busiest summer ever. And this is exactly

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Speaker 1: the type of music I imagine they would play when

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Speaker 1: you walk into a bed and breakfast accompanying some good chat,

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Speaker 1: hearty chat. Anyway, it's been the busiest summer ever, apparently,

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Speaker 1: according to some of those operating the boutique at home

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Speaker 1: experiences here in New Zealand, and hosts are already seeing

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Speaker 1: bookings for twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Am.

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Speaker 1: Marie Johnson is a Bed and Breakfast Association president. He's

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Speaker 1: with us this morning. Emory, Good morning, Marianna, thanks for

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Speaker 1: being with me. First of all, are you, I'm assuming

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Speaker 1: you own an air a bed and breakfast yourself.

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Speaker 2: Well, actually, Ryan, I don't. I was brought on to

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Speaker 2: the board as a representative of the wider tourism industry.

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Speaker 2: I was working for industry altro or at the time,

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Speaker 2: and so I bring a different set of skills to

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Speaker 2: the board.

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Speaker 1: Okay, but you're obviously.

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Speaker 2: Very happy to talk about b and bs.

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Speaker 1: You're in charge, So convince me why should I book

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Speaker 1: a B and B when I can book any Airbnb

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Speaker 1: and have no one in the house.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think that's the whole point, Ryan, is that

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Speaker 2: you have the opportunity to stay with people in their

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Speaker 2: own homes to actually for especially for our international visitors,

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Speaker 2: it's an opportunity to meet real keyws, learn more about

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Speaker 2: our way of life and our customs. And of course,

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Speaker 2: when you're new into the country, you can not necessarily

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Speaker 2: know all the best things to do, and so our

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Speaker 2: hosts are able to offer that really personalized, unique experience

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Speaker 2: of being able to tell visitors what they can do

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Speaker 2: in the local area and be able to really really

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Speaker 2: tailor that experience to their own interests.

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Speaker 1: And people are doing this more and more. You had

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Speaker 1: a good year this year last year.

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Speaker 2: Rather, yes, we did. A lot of our members are

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Speaker 2: telling us it's they're having their best season ever and

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Speaker 2: that's even from pre COVID, So that really shows that

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Speaker 2: there is demand for this type of personalized, unique experience.

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Speaker 1: So the Airbnb thing is that making your life easier

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Speaker 1: or harder? Are you getting more business because you can

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Speaker 1: book bmb's through Airbnb as well, or are they stealing

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Speaker 1: cutting your lunch?

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a bit of both. Actually, many of our

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Speaker 2: members actually do market their properties on those platforms like

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Speaker 2: Airbnb or the other platforms that are out there. But

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Speaker 2: it also does create a bit of confusion around what

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Speaker 2: customers are booking if it's not absolutely clear whether it's

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Speaker 2: a hosted experience or an unhosted property.

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Speaker 1: All right, nice one, Emory, Thank you very much for that,

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Speaker 1: Emory Johnson, Bed and Breakfast Association President. For more from

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