“Icons take you inside worlds that only existed in your imagination until now,” Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO, said at Icons’ Summer Release event in Los Angeles. “What we’re focused on is creating more magic in the real world — and everything we do is in service to this idea because magic is not limited to our imagination.”

Guests who enter Rome's historic arena will dress in gladiator armor and "face off against your fellow warriors."

A new experience from the rental space marketplace promises an authentic gladiator experience (well, as authentic as you can get without all the murdering), set in the actual Colo

Airbnb/Daniele Castellaro While Airbnbs are usually synonymous with cozy getaways, a new Icons experience from the homeshare company will let guests follow in the footsteps of the legendary Roman gladiators.