I’m totally wearing a tinfoil hat, but I’m guessing it’s to continue bankrupting Airbnb. Airbnb really fucked with hotels for over a decade. And only recently got bad publicity.
I can see competitors now going on the assault, creating fake listings to continue showing the world how inferior Airbnb is and continue to erode public trust.
A few other rental-startups have crashed/merged during the pandemic. And Airbnb is still surviving. Big hotel is trying to stop that.