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Airbnb for Work branching into Australia’s corporate travel market
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Airbnb is closing in on the fastest growing travel market in Australia. Corporate trips have seen major growth in Australia’s travel sector, jumping by 11 per cent to 21.3 million travellers in the 12 months to March 2018 according to Tourism Research Australia data. Business travellers’ expenditure also increased by six per cent to […]
Airbnb renters bypassing Vancouver licensing rules
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVancouver residents who rent their homes out on Airbnb must now have a licence to do so under new bylaws. The city agreed a deal with Airbnb in April requiring all short-term rentals on the site to display a valid business licence number by September 1. Anyone found to be breaking this bylaw could now […]
Emaar launches online home-sharing platform in Dubai
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Emaar has launched an online platform dedicated specifically to home-sharing in Dubai. Ease by Emaar, which the website describes as a ‘hometel’, is based on a similar model to AirBnb, which provides a home-stay experience combining the home and hospitality services of a hotel. An Airbnb listing states that the team managing stay experiences […]