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San Francisco: A leaner vacation rentals market
Under the threat of huge penalties, Airbnb, HomeAway, FlipKey and others have jettisoned hosts who ignored the city’s registration requirement for short-term rentals. That’s dramatically revamped the universe of listings, […]
Airbnb: As professionals find success is there still room for sharers?
Ask Harvey Hernandez about his upcoming real estate project in Kissimmee, Florida, and he’ll respond with the easy charm and outsized boasts endemic to his industry. The 324-unit complex near […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
