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Grottole set to welcome Airbnb sabbatical volunteers
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: The small Italian village of Grottole is preparing to host five volunteers chosen by Airbnb to become temporary residents as part of its “Italian Sabbatical” initiative. The project, which is being staged in collaboration with the non-profit Wonder Grottole organisation, is aiming to “revitalise the village that is at risk of disappearing”. Grottole is […]
Airbnb in data compromise with New York
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has called a truce with New York City by turning over partially redacted home-sharing data of 17,500 listings in the city, according to court documents. The data, which did not include user-specific information, included listings posted between January and February 2018. It was provided to the city in April in response to a […]
Airbnb partners with the Centre for Internet Safety
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Airbnb has announced a partnership with the Centre for Internet Safety to help hosts and guests stay safe online after a rise in cybercrime cases. As such, the Centre will compile a report on internet safety and the travel industry, as well as fact sheets for hosts and guests with guidance. Airbnb country manager […]
Airbnb takes out guest fees to compete with Booking.com
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: In a bid to increase competition with Booking.com, Airbnb has decided to eliminate guest fees for some property managers and hotels that sign up for its service from 4 June. Under the updated business fees model, property managers that create accounts from that date and connect to Airbnb via software in the Asia Pacific, […]
Airbnb partners with Shiji to boost Chinese presence
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Airbnb has partnered with accommodation provider Shiji Distribution Solutions to boost its hotel inventory and grow its presence further in China. The agreement will provide hotels in China with the opportunity to distribute their content on Airbnb since it broadened its offering officially into non-private accommodation early last year. However, Airbnb will know that […]
Airbnb inaugurates Arabic-language website
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsia / Africa: Airbnb has inaugurated its Arabic-language website, following a 63 per cent year-on-year growth in visitors from the UAE. The rental platform has become increasingly popular across the Middle East and North-Africa region in recent years, where more than 70,000 listings originate from. As a result, Arabic will be an accessible language across […]
Airbnb partners with 23andMe to facilitate heritage travel trips
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb is teaming up with biotech firm 23andMe to recommend heritage travel destinations to its traveller community and the latter’s customers. Heritage travel is when travellers make long journeys, like pilgrimages, to uncover their family histories in their ancestors’ home cities, towns and countries. 23andMe comes in to the equation as it produces personalised […]
The best and worst U.S. cities for rental arbitrage revealed
Reading Time: 5 minutesUS: Vacation rental data provider AirDNA has assembled a list of the best and worst cities in the United States for rental arbitrage, i.e. renting a property on a long-term lease to rent as a short-term rental. Rental arbitrage is being recognised as the latest trend to engulf the vacation rental sector. For example, AirDNA […]
Airbnb to collaborate with CDEMA in emergency preparation
Reading Time: 2 minutesCaribbean: Airbnb has partnered with The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to improve emergency preparation and responses to emergencies. The partnership between the rental firm and the regional intergovernmental agency aims to strengthen the recovery of host facilities and accommodations in 18 states across the Caribbean. The agreement comes a month or so before […]
YIMBYTLV movement makes rental claims in Tel Aviv
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIsrael: Between five and seven thousand apartments in Tel Aviv are reportedly being rented out on platforms like Airbnb, leaving a shortage of housing, according to Yes In My Back Yard Tel Aviv (YIMBYTLV). YIMBYTLV is a movement that seeks to fight against the supposed rising prices of housing in Tel Aviv, as well as […]