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Blurring the lines between homes and hotels
Reading Time: 2 minutesMichael Goldin ponders the future of flexible housing. Much has been written about millennials’ unwillingness (and inability) to buy homes. Many factors play into this, but what does that mean for the future of housing? For millennials, the average job tenure is three years and for those between 20 and 24 its even lower, 1.3 […]
Short-stay accommodation operators in Tanzania told to register or face arrest
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTanzania: The Tanzanian government has told short-term rental accommodation operators to register their facilities in the next 50 days or face arrest, in a move affecting Airbnb users. Tourism is considered to be one of the greatest sources of hard currency income for the East African country, which was the fifth-biggest African market for Airbnb […]
Swimply website extends Airbnb business model to swimming pools
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: A decade after Airbnb’s establishment as an online market for rental accommodation, more spin-offs of its business model are being introduced in new categories, such as aquatics. One company called Swimply is applying the successful Airbnb business model to swimming pools, whose website acts as an online hub for both swimmers and pool owners […]
Airbnb lobbies at state level to prevent cities imposing short-term rental restrictions
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: The expansion of Airbnb in the U.S has prompted city councils and mayors in states such as Florida and New York to pass new laws on how such companies can operate. In recent months, Airbnb has sought to install more permissive measures in Florida and Tennessee after cities in those states tried to […]