OREANDA-NEWS. The American company Airbnb suspended the provision of reservation services for apartments in the capital of China until the end of February in the context of the spread of a new type of coronavirus in the country. This was announced on Monday by an American news agency.

"Due to the outbreak of coronavirus and in accordance with the order of the local authorities regarding the hotel industry, reservations in Beijing from February 7 to 29, 2020 are temporarily suspended", the agency quoted the company as sending an e-mail.

According to the statement of the representative of Airbnb in China, the decision to suspend the reservation so far concerns only Beijing, further actions of the company will be agreed with the local authorities. Airbnb is an online platform for searching and short-term rental of private housing around the world. The company was founded in 2008.