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Offbeat Airbnb proposals pocket almost £1m in funding

By 2022-10-25T06:00:00

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Source: Markos Design Workshop

Ten UK and Ireland projects each secure £88,500 backing from online rentals giant

Holiday-rentals giant Airbnb has chosen 10 UK and Ireland projects to receive a share of a US$10m fund to create quirky, mind-bending places for guests to stay.

A total of 100 winning entries in the online business’ competition for the OMG! Fund will each receive US$100,000 – equivalent to £88,500 at today’s exchange rates – to realise their proposals.

Airbnb’s list includes eight UK projects and two schemes in the Republic of Ireland that will receive funding.

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