Christ the Redeemer is seen through Olympic rings. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Apartment-sharing startup Airbnb has taken bookings from more than 66,000 visitors coming to this month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, from upmarket seafront districts like Copacabana to the city's hillside slums, company officials said on Monday.
Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer of San Francisco-based Airbnb, said the number of reservations was still rising ahead of the start on Friday of the first Olympics to be held in South America.
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