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ECJ adviser says Airbnb is a digital services provider
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Airbnb has received a boost after it emerged an adviser to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said the company should be seen as a digital service provider. Maciej Szpunar, an advocates general for the ECJ, said he regarded Airbnb to be what Brussels would describe as an information society service, a status that comes with […]
Winnipeg set to apply five per cent hotel tax to rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Winnipeg is set to apply a five per cent tax Airbnb rentals like it does with hotel rooms as it attempts to “level the economic playing field” in the accommodations sector. The city is in the process of updating its accommodation tax bylaw, which has required hotel rooms to levy a five per cent surcharge on their […]
OYO acquires Amsterdam-based @Leisure Group
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Delhi / Amsterdam / London: OYO Hotels & Homes has agreed to purchase Amsterdam-based vacation rental company @Leisure Group. @Leisure manages holiday homes, holiday parks and holiday apartments, and OYO has acquired the firm from media and technology company, Axel Springer. @Leisure Group, through its Belvilla, DanCenter, and Danland brands, offers more than 30,000 […]
Coldwell Banker Island Properties makes key Hawaii acquisition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHawaii: Coldwell Banker Island Properties has acquired Coldwell Banker Makai Properties on the island of Kauai. Makai Properties’ agent group has combined with Coldwell Banker Island Properties Ohana and will continue to operate under the Coldwell Banker Island Properties brand. Coldwell Banker Island Properties’ latest program is the Coldwell Banker Island Vacations short-term property management […]
Airbnb hires Silvanto to lead Samara design project
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Airbnb has appointed Apple industrial design group member Miklu Silvanto to lead its Samara design studio project. Dezeen is reporting that Silvanto will now head up the industrial and interaction design team at Backyard, an initiative that was launched in 2018 to explore innovative ways to design, build and share the homes of the […]
Tujia exceeds 1.4m global listings ahead of IPO
Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: Chinese home-sharing platform Tujia has announced it has exceeded 1.4 million global listings and expects to break even in the second half of this year, according to 36Kr. The news comes as it is being rumoured that Tujia will go in for an initial public offering, perhaps as early as this year. The company, […]