How we knew COVID was over (and what our models had to unlearn)

When we retrain, when we rebuild, and when we leave a model alone. By: Harrison Katz A forecast that carries weight The Forecasting Data Science team at Airbnb produces many of the forecasts the rest of the company plans around: demand, bookings, cancellations, and a range of finer cuts by market and segment, refreshed continuously across thousands of markets. The targets differ, and the models…