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Airbnb for Work expands into team-building experiences and meeting scene
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has announced it will offer online tools to help workers find meeting spaces and team-building activities through Airbnb for Work. The online shared accommodation service says that since its launch 10 years ago, it has seen “exponential growth” in companies using Airbnb for Work. Airbnb also says that 700,000 companies have seen their […]
Website allows tourists to find cannabis-themed vacation rental accommodation
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: A cannabis-themed vacation rental platform allows tourists to search for accommodation around the world which will let them smoke marijuana. Budandbreakfast.com proclaims itself to be the “largest collection of marijuana-friendly hotels and other cannabis-friendly rentals anywhere on the web.” It said it is “designed to make guests feel right at home as each of […]
Greek confederation criticises short-term rental concept for tourists
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreece: The Greek Confederation of Tourist Accommodation Enterprises (SETKE) has criticised the concept of property owners in Greece renting out their homes to tourists for the short term. According to SETKE, income taxation resulting from short-term rentals is considerably more favourable than that of rented rooms. The confederation said in a statement: “By legalizing short-term […]
New York-based private equity firm acquires stake in Getaroom
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: The co-founders of Getaroom.com have sold a majority stake in the business-to-business hotel and vacation rental provider to New York-based private equity firm, Court Square Capital Partners. Getaroom President, Bob Diener, said he and Dave Litman, long term business partner and Getaroom CEO, retain a substantial minority stake in the company but have […]