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Airbnb: What You Need to Know to Stay Competitive

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 […]

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Airbnb in breach of the EU’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

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 […]

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Blogging To Get The Better of Airbnb

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. […]

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How Airbnb Grow Their Community with Online Marketing

Belonging is at the core of Airbnb’s mission. One essential step to make people feel like they can “belong anywhere” is to have homes where people can stay around the […]

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HomeAway Have Been Quietly Adding Hotel Inventory Too

Airbnb announced boldly a few months ago that it was making a concerted push to add bed-and-breakfasts and boutique hotels to its platform as it called out Expedia and Booking.com […]

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How hotel brands are cracking the home rental market

With homesharing apps now a firm fixture on the smartphones of many travelers, big name hotel brands are increasingly looking to build their own presence in the home rental market […]

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The pros and cons of listing indie hotels on Airbnb

Airbnb has opened up its platform to boutique hotels, which is an opportunity for some to reach a new segment of traveler. But the experience of one property that lists […]

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PolyU Study Explores Why Reviews Matter in the Sharing Economy

More and more people are offering their homes through peer-to-peer sites such as Airbnb to generate extra income, and those who are awarded “Superhost” status can expect to receive more […]

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Airbnb Share of US Lodging Demand Increasing at Decelerating Rate

Since 2007, when Airbnb was created, the U.S. lodging industry has experienced a rapid increase in both traditional hotel demand and lodging demand occurring in the sharing economy. Airbnb has […]

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Why not list your hotel on Airbnb?

Ever since Barry Manilow’s drummer, David Rozenblatt, convinced Airbnb to start renting out whole properties in 2010, it has been technically possible for a hotel to be listed on the […]

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