airbnb

As a means to fulfill travelers’ accommodation needs, room-sharing websites compete directly with hotels and OTAs (online travel agents, such as Expedia or Priceline) in the lodging market. NB: This […]

The rising role of Airbnb as a distributor came to the fore at this year’s Hotel Distribution Event in London. An additional route to market was seen as further challenging […]

Home rental sites such as Airbnb do not yet represent a threat to Singapore’s budget hotel operators, although the market is under considerable pressure from new entrants, according to a […]

While many in the travel industry might view Airbnb as simply a homesharing platform, or just another online travel agency like Booking and Expedia, the San Francisco-based company is realizing […]

When it comes down to it, the ‘threat’ of home-sharing businesses such as Airbnb is not universally the same to every hotel. Depending on location, size, and brand some hotels […]

The sharing economy came with the promise of revolutionizing the way we purchase goods and services, creating a frictionless world where buyers are connected to sellers, thereby cutting out the […]

Home-sharing giant Airbnb’s general manager for Middle East and Africa, Hadi Moussa, says that the company is not encroaching on the hotel market stake in the cities it operates in […]

The travel industry is always evolving, and as advertisers, we must keep up with those changes and strive to stay innovative. We aim to do that by not only staying […]

The European Commission has found Airbnb in breach of the EU’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the Unfair Contract Terms Directive, and the regulation on legal jurisdiction. In its statement demanding […]

Airbnb: The name alone is enough to make some hoteliers look over their shoulder as if the looming, sharing economy platform were about to snatch a guest from the front desk. […]