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Airbnb announces partnership with GSB in Thailand
Reading Time: 2 minutesThailand: Airbnb has announced a partnership with the Government Savings Bank (GSB), Thailand’s state-owned bank, to help promote hospitality entrepreneurs across the local home-stay industry. Via a press release, the two companies said the partnership would allow GSB to provide better funding for emerging Thai hospitality entrepreneurs by offering options such as flexible-interest rate loans […]
Avalara’s Rob Stephens on the home-sharing / hotel convergence
Reading Time: 5 minutesUS: ShortTermRentalz spoke to Avalara MyLodgeTax general manager Rob Stephens about the firm’s partnership with the VRMA and the convergence between home-sharing accommodations and the traditional hotel industry. Introduce who you are and what your background is in the vacation rental industry. I’m a vacation rental owner myself, having bought a second home in Vale […]
Ahrendts joins Airbnb board of directors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Airbnb has announced that former Apple executive Angela Ahrendts will join its board of directors, becoming only the second woman to join in an executive position. Airbnb said its board’s goal is to help the company reimagine travel by “building an end-to-end travel platform that combines where you stay, what you do, and how […]
Anti-Airbnb campaign launched for Nakba Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael: A global coalition has launched a campaign against Airbnb for the reversal of its decision to delist properties in settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. In April, Airbnb confirmed it would not delist the settlements as was previously anticipated when it announced in November that it would remove around 200 listings in […]
Travellers booking more eco-friendly Airbnb listings
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsia: A trend has emerged where more travellers are booking eco-friendly Airbnb listings, according to findings by Travel Weekly. The site said that according to Airbnb internal data, eco-friendly listings have now been booked by over 4.6 million guests worldwide. Over the past year, global bookings have increased by 50 per cent for “environmentally conscious […]
Airbnb hires Sean Joyce for brand confidence push
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has hired former FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations) deputy director Sean Joyce as the company’s first-ever chief trust officer. It is hoped that the incoming cyber security and privacy expert will be the figurehead to signal the start of a push for greater brand confidence. Airbnb said it made the decision to make […]
AirDNA on Madrid Airbnb costs for Champions League final
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: As Madrid prepares to host the Champions League final next month, ShortTermRentalz spoke to vacation rental data firm AirDNA, which has calculated the spiralling costs of Airbnbs then and suggests what fans can do. Champions League: Short-term rental hosts in Madrid have their eyes off the ball As vacation rental hosts in the Spanish […]
Airbnb unveils list of summer season trending destinations
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has released a list of the top ten trending destinations for summer, in line with which towns and cities have experienced the highest growth percentage since last year. The list is as follows: Valenciennes, France: A small town in Northern France, close to the Belgian border, that has plenty of wartime heritage despite […]
Airbnb hires head of diversity and belonging
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has appointed Melissa Thomas-Hunt in the role of head of global diversity and belonging. Thomas-Hunt, who is leaving her position as Vanderbilt University’s vice provost for inclusive excellence, will relocate from Nashville, Tennessee, to San Francisco to join Airbnb in its push for greater workforce diversity. She will be tasked with the mandate […]
Short-term rentals to remain illegal in Singapore
Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has announced short-term rental platform listings will remain illegal in Singapore after almost four years of discussions. Travellers staying at private residential properties in the country will still be required to stay for a minimum of three months. The URA said it would not proceed with applying regulations due […]