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Airbnb releases list of top ten trending autumn destinations
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has released its latest definitive list of the top ten trending destinations for travel over the autumn period, according to its own internal booking data. The summary outlines which places have made the largest gains in travel search bookings for the upcoming season, in comparison with the equivalent period for 2018. Factors which […]
Edmonton set to rein in spread of short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: The city of Edmonton is preparing to manage the rapidly expanding presence of short-term rentals at a time when operators across Canada and the United States are facing growing regulations. City officials say the short-term rental market in Edmonton saw listings shoot up by 30 per cent in the downtown area between May 2014 […]
Airbnb rentals under fire by residents in Budapest
Reading Time: 2 minutesHungary: Activists in the Hungarian capital of Budapest are blaming rising rents in the city on the number of vacation rentals being listed for tourists to stay in. As a result, they are campaigning for the government to place restrictions on rentals in the city, rentable through platforms like Airbnb, with Budapest experiencing a recent […]
Airbnb poaches Facebook’s Vince for EMEA creative team
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb has appointed former Facebook employee Edward Vince as creative director to lead its in-house creative hub division for the EMEA region. Vince will manage Airbnb Creative in the region from the company’s London base and will be responsible for overseeing a multi-disciplinary team of talented creative individuals across design, experiential, interactive and social, […]
RedAwning highlights Austin as rental hotspot
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: RedAwning has released an in-depth market report that explores the rise of alternative accommodation inventory and demand in Austin, Texas. Austin saw 30 million visitors and US$8.7 billion in tourism-generated revenue in 2018 with alternative accommodation demand making headway on that of hotels The report highlights the significant impact travel has had on the […]
One in ten city Edinburgh city centre properties listed on Airbnb
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The Scottish capital has the fastest growing residential rents in the UK as landlords opt for short-term rentals over ASTs. According to a report in The Times, growing numbers of families and young professionals are losing their homes as landlords opt for the short-term lettings market — particularly over the festival and Hogmanay — […]
Business travel boost for Airbnb with Urbandoor acquisition
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has acquired extended stay accommodation platform Urbandoor, for an undisclosed sum. San Francisco-based Urbandoor was founded in 2015 by Erik Eccles, Benjamin Renaud, and Zack Chandler in 2015. It offers units in multifamily buildings to corporate travellers, and its portfolio includes buildings in more than 1,500 cities in over 60 countries. Co-founder Erik […]
Agents call for Scottish policy makers to “catch up” with rental regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Following reports that 84 per cent of Scots want new taxes imposed on short-term landlords, letting agents have called for policy makers to respond. Jonathan Gordon, director with Clan Gordon, said: “It is crazy to have thousands of properties let out short term with no regulations at all. Speaking so often to landlords, we […]
London Airbnb host evicted and receives record fine
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: A tenant who sub-let his own council flat on Airbnb has been evicted from his home and received a record fine of £100,000 for operating it under supposedly illicit purposes. Tony Harman had listed his home as a ‘cosy studio apartment’ for rent in Victoria in central London for the last six years. The […]
Airbnb’s Amsterdam Economic Board membership suspended
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands: The NL Times is reporting that Airbnb has been suspended for the foreseeable future from the Amsterdam Economic Board Network Council. According to the website, the Amsterdam Economic Board is accusing the site of refusing to comply with its demands to reduce the number of days that homes can be rented from 60 days […]