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Airbnb selects STAAH as preferred software partner
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Zealand: Airbnb has selected hospitality cloud platform STAAH Ltd as its latest software partner to help connect more hosts in the company’s growing global community. The short-term rental platform launched its software partner program at the back end of 2018 as a means of ensuring hosts get the best experience possible out of Airbnb […]
Airbnb planning to open Portland HQ this autumn
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: San Francisco-based Airbnb is growing its presence in Portland by taking up occupancy of an open concept space, which will become the company’s newest headquarters. The firm’s footprint in the city will grow to 63,000 square feet with the space agreement at 38 Davis, a six-storey mixed-use asset in the Old Town district of […]
Short-term let ban to be trialled on Manchester estate
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The Manchester Evening News has revealed the city’s council is to trial a scheme preventing people buying any of 1000 new homes on an estate to let on Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms. The move means every privately-owned residence in the Brunswick area of the city would be covered by a strict covenant that […]
Airbnb and Thrive Global India set up ‘Thrive Retreats’
Reading Time: 2 minutesIndia: Airbnb and Thrive Global India have partnered to launch ‘Thrive Retreats’ for corporate travellers as part of Airbnb Experiences. The partnership between Airbnb and the tech-based media and corporate services firm, founded by Arianna Huffington, aims to recognise the impact of stress on the lives of Indian travel professionals who need an opportunity to […]
Airbnb partners with LULAC for Latinx inclusion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Airbnb and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) have partnered to encourage more members of the Latino community to become short-term rental hosts. The initiative is with Latinx women especially in mind through LULAC’s Mujeres Poderosas programme. The non-gendered term ‘Latinx’ depicts both men and women from the Hispanic community, i.e. ‘Latinos’ […]
Airbnb cooperates with European Commission on consumer offerings
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: After negotiations with Airbnb, The European Commission has confirmed that the platform has improved and fully clarified the way it presents accommodation offers to consumers. It announced Airbnb had brought its operations into line with the standards set in EU consumer law, following calls from the European Commission and EU consumer authorities last July. […]
Tel Aviv municipality approves large Airbnb tax hike
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael: Tel Aviv residents renting out apartments on a short-term rental basis on platforms like Airbnb have been informed by the municipality that they will have to pay over double the regular rate. In a letter attached to the most recent municipal tax bill, apartment owners renting out their homes will now be required to […]
Paris family exodus attributed to Airbnb
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Schools are closing at a rapid rate in central Paris as hurtling property prices are driving families out of the French capital, according to France24. The publication reported on one school at Vaugirard, in which just 51 students were enrolled this year, and many parents and teachers are attributing this sharp decline on the […]
Airbnb and Bahamas tourism body form partnership
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBahamas: Airbnb and the Tourism Development Corporation of The Bahamas have partnered to host a series of events aimed at empowering local entrepreneurs to grow their business through Airbnb’s Experiences platform. The events, which included a Train the Trainer Program, an Entrepreneurship Lab, and a Town Hall meeting, were designed to connect Airbnb to key […]
Los Angeles restrictions on vacation rentals brought in to effect
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: New restrictions on short-term rentals in Los Angeles were introduced this week. The measures have been “driven by complaints that an explosion of short-term rentals has turned apartment buildings into hotels and pinched the city’s already tight housing supply”. In a 2017 report, the city’s planning department said between 6,000 to 10,000 units that […]