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Mojo Mortgages reveals UK event revenue research
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Research by Mojo Mortgages has revealed that hosts who let out their home on Airbnb during a UK festival or sporting event could earn a significant amount of money as a result. With the home-sharing industry growing increasingly in popularity and a busy calendar of events being lined up for the rest of the […]
Airbnb signs MoU with island of Sint Maarten
Reading Time: 2 minutesCaribbean: Airbnb has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Sint Maarten to encourage more travellers to visit the island. The agreement placed an emphasis on highlighting ‘the friendly island’s’ rich culture, stunning scenery and welcoming locals as a way of promoting tourism to Airbnb’s vast network of travellers across the globe. Minister […]
Airbnb launches Donations tool for hosts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has launched its Donations tool in order to help hosts in the United States choose whether they want to donate a percentage of their income to philanthropic organisations supporting housing needs. The tool will help the San Francisco-based firm with its objective to help relocate 100,000 people in need of temporary affordable housing […]
ECJ adviser says Airbnb is a digital services provider
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Airbnb has received a boost after it emerged an adviser to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said the company should be seen as a digital service provider. Maciej Szpunar, an advocates general for the ECJ, said he regarded Airbnb to be what Brussels would describe as an information society service, a status that comes with […]
Winnipeg set to apply five per cent hotel tax to rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Winnipeg is set to apply a five per cent tax Airbnb rentals like it does with hotel rooms as it attempts to “level the economic playing field” in the accommodations sector. The city is in the process of updating its accommodation tax bylaw, which has required hotel rooms to levy a five per cent surcharge on their […]
Airbnb hires Silvanto to lead Samara design project
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Airbnb has appointed Apple industrial design group member Miklu Silvanto to lead its Samara design studio project. Dezeen is reporting that Silvanto will now head up the industrial and interaction design team at Backyard, an initiative that was launched in 2018 to explore innovative ways to design, build and share the homes of the […]
Tujia exceeds 1.4m global listings ahead of IPO
Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: Chinese home-sharing platform Tujia has announced it has exceeded 1.4 million global listings and expects to break even in the second half of this year, according to 36Kr. The news comes as it is being rumoured that Tujia will go in for an initial public offering, perhaps as early as this year. The company, […]
Airbnb partners with RXR Realty to operate Rockefeller Center suites
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew York: Guests on Airbnb will soon be offered the opportunity to book luxury apartment-style suites within New York’s iconic Rockefeller Center. The firm has acquired ten floors at the location of 75 Rockefeller Plaza, with plans in place to convert them into 200 overnight suites in a newly-formed partnership with real estate developers RXR […]
Airbnb agrees partnership with MadeComfy
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Airbnb has partnered with Australian local short-term rental property management company MadeComfy. MadeComfy, which specialises in short-term rentals, is headquartered in Sydney and its extended operations team works in Melbourne. The firm works as a complete end-to-end service package and offers homeowners support with marketing, management and property maintenance. Furthermore, the company says that its […]
Possible rental caps “would hinder tourism growth in Malaysia”
Reading Time: 2 minutesMalaysia: Airbnb has said that any cap on short-term accommodation in Malaysia would hinder tourism growth in the country. The company’s head of public policy for South East Asia, Mich Goh, said a regulatory approach in such a mould would only serve to deter tourists and limit travel innovation. Goh told Star2.com: “The most important […]