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Rental platforms face renewed crackdown in Beijing
Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: A significant number of short-term rental listings on platforms such as Airbnb in Beijing are reportedly being shut down on the orders of the city’s government. Chinese investigative journalism website Caixin said that nine short-term rental platforms, including the likes of Airbnb, Trip.com, Meituan and Tujia, were summoned to a meeting on 20 August […]
Outdoorsy taps RV owners to aid Hurricane Ida housing efforts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Online RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace, Outdoorsy, is to provide short-term accommodations for families displaced by Hurricane Ida. The company is working with its community of 40,000-plus RV owners and its partner RV Housing Group to make vehicles available to those affected by the storm. Hurricane Ida left more than a million Louisiana residents […]