Stefan Grant has traveled the world to create and market exciting events for travelers. The native Jamaican, whose parents met while working in the tourism industry there, has stayed at his share of Airbnbs around the world. But his last experience with the alternative lodging platform was not good.
“I was in Atlanta for the A3C Hip-Hop Festival and our agent had booked a property for us. The next door neighbor saw a bunch of Black people in the house and thought we were robbing the place,” shares Grant. “So they called the police on us and they had their guns drawn on us and the whole nine, so it was a pretty strenuous ordeal.” He continues, “We showed them everything was legal, and before the cops left, my marketing…
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Cuisine Noir (Digital) - 1 Issue, Resilience - Fall 2021