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Dallas City Council votes to ban STRs in single-family areas
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Dallas City Council has voted in favour of banning homeowners from listing their properties as short-term rentals on platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo in single-family residential neighbourhoods in the city.
Malaysia consults on potential nationwide regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesMalaysia: Malaysia could become the first country in Southeast Asia to implement nationwide restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms.
Airbnb.org starts $2m sponsorship initiative to support refugees
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: To mark World Refugee Day [20 June], Airbnb’s charitable arm Airbnb.org has announced a series of new initiatives to deepen its support for refugees and asylum seekers, as well as highlight their resilience and ongoing struggles around the world.
What we learned at the 2023 Skift Short-Term Rental Summit
Reading Time: 6 minutesUS: STRz attended the Skift Short-Term Rental Summit in New York City – the first part of our content and media partnership with Skift focusing on events this year – and there were plenty of intriguing takeaways to unpick from an agenda containing a host of distinguished industry speakers.
HMRC targets short-term rental hosts in tightened tax crackdown
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Airbnb hosts suspected of not declaring their rental earnings are facing a potential 20-year tax investigation from His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [HMRC] that covers six years of income information, as part of a wider crackdown on the sector’s activities by the UK tac authority.
Airbnb files lawsuit over “oppressive” restrictions in New York City
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has filed a lawsuit in New York City over “extreme and oppressive” restrictions and a “de facto ban” against short-term rentals that are set to come into effect next month.
Airbnb highlights affordability and market expansion in Q1 report
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Three months after notching a first-ever annual profit in Q4, Airbnb has reiterated its focus on affordability, supply growth and product and service expansion for the foreseeable future in its latest Q1 earnings report.
Airbnb debuts Rooms category in 2023 Summer Release upgrades
Reading Time: 4 minutesUS: As part of its 2023 Summer Release, Airbnb has announced the debut of a new Airbnb Rooms category, promising to be an “all-new take on the original Airbnb”, as well as 50+ new features and upgrades for both hosts and guests that will begin rolling out next week.
Airbnb adds Starwood and other landlords for new listing service
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has announced that it is adding Starwood Capital Group, alongside GoldOller Real Estate Investments, Milhaus and Space Craft, as new landlord partners for its ‘Airbnb-friendly’ apartments programme.
Airbnb shifts focus by halting new Experiences submissions
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has opted to put a pause on new Experiences submissions for the time being so that it can re-divert its focus towards its core platform offerings.