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Is it too late to fight back against Airbnb?
Despite what many have dismissed as a mere blip on the radar, Airbnb is a force to be reckoned with, and we have yet to see just how widely it […]
Is Airbnb Finally Being Welcomed by Corporate Travel?
If the reception Airbnb received at this year’s GBTA Convention is any indication, the simple answer to the question in the headline is yes. While CNN’s Richard Quest managed to […]
Hotel industry uses scare tactics to rebuke Airbnb
On Monday morning, as MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” segued to commercial, the viewing audience was served this: Yikes! Lucky for me I live in a building with only one other tenant, who, […]
Google Testing Vacation Rental Search in Price-Comparison Tool
In the past month, some Google searches have been revealing an option to comparison-shop vacation rentals. In our checks Tuesday, we could find vacation rental filters for Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, […]
Airbnb Tries to Behave More Like a Hotel
For nine years, Jill Bishop enjoyed the camaraderie of renting out her spare bedroom on Airbnb. Guests hung out on her comfy sofas. They dined together. They shared her bathroom, […]
Four Seasons CEO Sees ‘Airbnb Effect’ in Luxury Hospitality
At a time when most hotel CEOs say Airbnb isn’t a threat at all, Smith is one of the few who seems to be paying much closer attention than most […]
Airbnb: A tech case study for our times
When tech fanatics get together, they look back in awe at ancient history, to the formative years when innovation and daring converged to create some of the world’s great inventions. […]
Airbnb Mega Hosts Are Turning It Into Just Another Travel Booking Site
With hundreds of listings and major corporate backers, a new breed of Airbnb host is changing the fundamentals of the service. Of Airbnb’s many hosts, Jan stands out. Jan’s profile […]
How hotels can compete in the new accommodation economy
We all know the message that Airbnb is supposedly beating the hotel sector in a number of ways. While the hotel industry is experiencing strong growth since the downturn of […]
Airbnb fights for outbound Chinese travelers
Airbnb is still fighting to grow its footprint in China. The San Francisco-based company has named an existing executive, Hong Ge, as Vice President in charge of its business in […]