Morgan Stanley: Airbnb’s Threat to Hotels Is Only Getting Sharper

Thanks to (you guessed it!) millennials.

Airbnb's app.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Not even President-elect Donald Trump can make the hotel industry great again.

The industry is already experiencing trouble with lower occupancy rates and smaller profits per room, and a new survey from Morgan Stanley points to more problems in the future. The bank's survey found that peer-to-peer travel startup Airbnb Inc. is presenting an even greater threat to hotels than expected.