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Rental hosts using what3words address system
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: what3words has given every three metre square in the world a unique three word address, and the system is being taken up by hard-to-find vacation rentals. what3words cites the case of Zorigt and his wife Otgonbayar, who are reindeer herders, part of the nomadic Dhuka tribe who live in the Taiga snow forest of […]
Dublin City Council to set up €400,000 Airbnb taskforce
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: A dedicated team to police potentially illegal Airbnb-style rentals in Dublin is to be formed by Dublin City Council in response to imminent regulation of the short-term rental market. The council is seeking €400,000 from the Department of Housing and Planning to set up a new enforcement regime to deal with what it says […]
Beverly Hills city council condemns Airbnb removals in Israel and calls for boycott
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Beverly Hills city council has unanimously passed a resolution condemning Airbnb’s decision to remove listings of rentals in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Earlier this week, the San Francisco-based short-term rental platform announced it would remove around 200 rentals in the disputed region. Critics have in recent years accused Airbnb of benefiting from […]
New Zealand ministers team up with Airbnb to help disaster victims
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Zealand: New Zealand’s civil defence ministry has linked up with Airbnb to help hosts make their homes available to people who may have been displaced due to a disaster. Airbnb app users will also be able to receive emergency messages regardless of whether they are hosts and guests. The former Australian minister of foreign […]
GuestReady prepares to expand UK services to Edinburgh and Manchester
Reading Time: 2 minutesEdinburgh: Airbnb management company GuestReady is expanding its UK services to Edinburgh, as a response to rising tourist demand for accommodation in the Scottish capital. The firm, which was founded back in 2016, is also adding Manchester to its UK operations, which means it will be expanding its offering of services to 10 cities across […]
Louise Birritteri: mind the insurance gap if you are a vacation rental host
Reading Time: 4 minutesShortTermRentalz spoke to Louise Birritteri, CEO of Inlet, to discuss the insurance gap in the emerging short-term rental market. The massive increase in usage of platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway to access alternative accommodation to hotels and guest houses has been well documented over the last couple of years. But what perhaps has not […]
Airbnb agrees to remove listings in Jewish settlements in Israel’s West Bank
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIsrael: Airbnb has announced it will stop renting out homes in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a move that brought criticism from Israeli officials. The San Francisco-based short-term rental platform said it would remove around 200 vacation rentals in the disputed region. Despite the fact US law authorises Airbnb to continue operating there, […]
Las Vegas to decide on implementing short-term rental restrictions or bans
Reading Time: 2 minutesLas Vegas: In January, Las Vegas will welcome over 180,000 visitors to its annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — the world’s largest tech innovation event. But as Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, reports, if Las Vegas wants to grow events like that, it will have to expand its base […]
Airbnb expands Open Homes programme into Nevada to aid fire relief efforts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNevada: Airbnb has expanded its Open Homes programme into Nevada County to support victims and relief workers affected by the wildfires in California. The fires have been spreading through the Sierra Nevada foothills and the Los Angeles shoreline, claiming at least 80 lives and burning nearly 250,000 acres across the state. The largest of these […]
Airbnb toasts “best quarter ever” with revenue exceeding one billion dollars
Reading Time: 2 minutesSan Francisco: Airbnb has said it has had its “best quarter ever” with its revenue taken in during the past three months exceeding a billion dollars. Airbnb said in a memo: “The third quarter of 2018 was the strongest quarter in Airbnb history, and the first quarter in which Airbnb recognized substantially more than $1 […]