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Airbnb acquires Luckey Homes to signal potential entry into property management
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Airbnb has acquired French concierge services company, Luckey Homes, for an undisclosed sum, signalling a potential entry into property management. France represents one of Airbnb’s most profitable markets, with over 500,000 listings and 13 million guests and hosts. Paris is Airbnb’s top global destination however the city is embroiled in a number of regulatory […]
Israeli hotel brand Fattal Group set to offer Airbnb rental apartments
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael: Israel’s biggest hotel chain, Fattal Group, has reportedly leased two buildings in the Tel Aviv neighbourhoods of Kerem Hateimanim and Neve Tzedek to be used as short-term rental apartments. The buildings are being listed on Airbnb and other booking sites under the “Master” brand of Fattal’s Leonardo Hotels unit. Fattal said in a statement: […]
Los Angeles City Council approves short-term rental regulations in the city
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Los Angeles City Council has approved rules to regulate short-term rentals in the city, which will include restricting hosts to offering no more than 120 nights per year in their primary residence. The regulations also mean short-term rentals will not be allowed in the city’s rent-stabilised units, so much of the affordable housing will […]
Vancouver reveals crackdown on unauthorised short-term rentals since April
Reading Time: 2 minutesVancouver: The City of Vancouver says it has cracked down on almost a thousand unauthorised short-term rental units and suspended the licences of three operators since April. As of 30 November, the city says since the implementation of its short-term rental regulations, 963 units are no longer being advertised on sites such as Airbnb, Expedia […]
Airbnb bookings set to surge in the UAE for New Year’s Eve celebrations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: The number of people staying in rental accommodation listed on Airbnb in the UAE is set to more than double during New Year’s Eve. The short-term rental platform said it was currently seeing a 108 per cent rise in bookings during the New Year period, as travellers head to the Emirates to make the […]
City of Seattle announces January launch for short-term rental registration system
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The Department of Finance and Administrative Services in Seattle (FAS) has announced the city’s online registration system for short-term rentals will launch on 2 January 2019. The city of Seattle brought in new short-term rental regulations in December 2017, which impacts on short-term rental operators, rental platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO and bed […]
Airbnb reveals collection of US $1 billion in global hotel and tourism tax
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Home-sharing platform Airbnb has announced that it has collected US $1 billion in global hotel and tourism tax (TOT) to date. The San Francisco-based company has so far established global partnerships with more than 400 governments around the world from whom to collect and remit taxes. Via a press statement, Airbnb said: “At Airbnb, […]
Airbnb appoints Mike Orgill as GM of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAsia: Airbnb has announced the appointment of Mike Orgill as its general manager of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. As such, Orgill will be tasked with building long-term growth in some of Airbnb’s most rapidly growing markets. He will begin his new role immediately, reporting to Airbnb’s APAC regional director Siew Kum Hong, and […]
Airbnb refuses Mexican government’s voluntary pilot tax programme
Reading Time: 1 minuteMexico: Airbnb has backtracked from negotiations with Mexico that would have reportedly required the platform to collect income tax from its hosts and send the money to the government. After lengthy discussions, an agreement was believed to have been close with the company giving the finance ministry a monthly taxpayer information breakdown and how much […]
Tourism Vancouver agrees partnership with Airbnb in first deal of its kind
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Airbnb has agreed a deal with Tourism Vancouver to promote the city in the first deal of its kind between a city and the short-term rental platform. As part of the agreement, Airbnb will now actively promote the city as a tourist destination via its app, social media channels and print magazine, Airbnbmag. In […]