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Airbnb Struggles to Balance Its Past and Future

Homesharing is how Airbnb got its start, with a couple of air mattresses on the floor of the San Francisco apartment CEO Brian Chesky and co-founder Joe Gebbia shared back […]

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Airbnb Squares Up To Fight Traditional Hotels On Their Turf

Having established itself over the last nine years as the leading platform for people to rent short-term lodging from apartment rooms to luxury homes, Airbnb has announced it is now […]

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What does Airbnb lack to revolutionise hotel distribution?

The media has carried out a widespread diffusion of the story that Airbnb is now offering hotels. The size of this giant company and its potential are well worth the […]

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The Future of Hotels vs Vacation Rentals: How Hotels Can Compete

Is Airbnb beating hotels? Most definitely. While the hotel industry is experiencing strong growth since the downturn of the economy, alternative accommodations like Airbnb and HomeAway have been chipping away […]

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Airbnb Is Set to Launch a New Tier of Select Properties

Airbnb is close to announcing its newest product, Airbnb Select, perhaps as early as next week, Skift has learned. And it’s good news for those who have always longed for more […]

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Hotel CEOs Reveal Strategies for Expedia, Google and Airbnb

What do hospitality executives think of the current hotel distribution landscape, and the emergence of Google Hotels and Airbnb? And would they ever consider walking away entirely from a particular online travel […]

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Airbnb is taking over London – and this data proves it

Despite the 90-day cap on listings, Airbnb is approaching 20,000 rentals a week, up from 1,000 as recently as 2013, according to data scraped from its site At first, Airbnb […]

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6 hotel booking trends we’re watching in 2018

Significant changes look set to transform the travel industry in 2018. Blockchain technology, China’s booming tourist sector, and the continuing travel ambitions of Airbnb, Facebook and Google all look set […]

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Airbnb branded apartments fuel opposition from hotel industry

A partnership between Airbnb and apartment developer Niido is preparing to open the first apartment complex specifically designed for tenants who want to sublease their units to short-term guests. The […]

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Expedia offering an alternative to AirBnB, but customers say it’s terrible

For her bachelorette party, Casey Milovanovich booked a home in Austin through Vacation Rental By Owner, (VRBO), a site that can be easily confused with its more popular competitor AirBnB. […]

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