Exclusive: Airbnb to restrict bookings on its platform in Britain

LONDON (Reuters) - Home rental firm Airbnb will block British bookings on its platform for the vast majority of customers on Thursday, allowing only key workers to stay in properties for as long as emergency government coronavirus restrictions are in place. The move comes after hosts using the site had been criticised for advertising "isolation retreats", with tourism minister Nigel Huddleston saying that property owners were being "incredibly irreponsible".Airbnb last week barred rentals that..