I think no on the basis that Airbnb hosts set their own price.
That said I'd be interested to know the break down between host involvement/room etc and "entire place" because Airbnb seem to have sold a lot on the host element and there's arguably a major commitment to the guest by a live in host. Also things like superhosts [0] which clearly aren't employees but come a bit closer to blurring the lines.
I think the ebay seller analogy mentioned might be best though - Airbnb hosts set the price freely, approve/reject at will, can make individualised offers, earn trust and Airbnb - like ebay - call out without employing (and supposedly without endorsing) highly trusted hosts.
That said I'd be interested to know the break down between host involvement/room etc and "entire place" because Airbnb seem to have sold a lot on the host element and there's arguably a major commitment to the guest by a live in host. Also things like superhosts [0] which clearly aren't employees but come a bit closer to blurring the lines.
I think the ebay seller analogy mentioned might be best though - Airbnb hosts set the price freely, approve/reject at will, can make individualised offers, earn trust and Airbnb - like ebay - call out without employing (and supposedly without endorsing) highly trusted hosts.
[0] https://www.airbnb.co.uk/superhost