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By Alyssa Shelasky

February 17, 2016 at 8:51 PM UTC

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This article is part of the February 22, 2016 issue of businessweek.

As Grace, my “guest experience specialist,” explained how to operate the air conditioning, my mind drifted to coffee ice cream. Days earlier, after booking two nights in a one-bedroom Miami apartment via Oasis Collections (oasiscollections.com), which offers a personal concierge and VIP treatment at places like Soho House and SoulCycle, I got a questionnaire. It asked for my favorite drink (Champagne), ideal Friday night (TV bingeing), and dream midnight snack—thus, the coffee ice cream.

Oasis operates in 16 cities in nine countries and has aggressive international expansion plans. It did $17 million in bookings last year, says spokeswoman Carolina Ramirez, but it expects to more than double that in 2016, all on the premise that travelers like Airbnb but want more refinements than an air mattress.