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Israel Hotel Association blames Airbnb for declines in hotel occupancy
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael: The number of hotel overnight stays by foreign tourists in September went down from last year according to the Israel Hotel Association. The trade group coupled the release of the figures with a complaint about unregulated competition from private rentals through online services such as Airbnb. Foreign tourists spent 658,000 hotel nights in Israel […]
Finnish-based Neste introduces sustainable holiday lodging site ‘Zerobnb’
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Finnish renewable energy company Neste has introduced Zerobnb, a site for people across the world to list sustainable alternatives for holiday lodging. The act is a gentle nudge to inspire Airbnb to add a sustainable housing category to its website, and will only be live until the short-term rental platform adds the section. Airbnb, […]
East of England economic upturn revealed with £135 million generated by Airbnb
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The East of England has seen £135 million generated in economic activity as a result of hosts and guests using Airbnb to list and reserve short-term rental accommodation. The economic upturn in Norfolk was revealed in a recently-published report by the company. The report also found that guests visiting the region spent £104m in […]
Cyprus hotel construction boom pushes government to rein in short-term rentals
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCyprus: With hotel construction booming in Cyprus, more and more visitors to the country are turning to short-term rentals such as Airbnb, which the government wants to rein in. Cyprus has experienced consecutive years of record numbers of tourists which led to the country reversing an economic crisis in 2013, when the government was forced […]
San Diego city council votes to rescind short-term rental ordinance
Reading Time: 2 minutesSan Diego: San Diego city council has voted 8-1 in favour of rescinding regulations on short-term rentals in its latest council meeting. The council voted 6-2 in favour of rules to regulate short-term vacation rentals in San Diego in August, which would have come into effect in July 2019. The regulations limited the rentals to […]
Barcelona Airbnb host reportedly manages short-term rentals ‘worth £33,000 a day’
Reading Time: 2 minutesBarcelona: A data organisation has found an Airbnb host in Barcelona manages 204 apartments worth €37,721 (£33,369) a day in rental income during the high season. The report by DataHippo, which was commissioned to analyse the tourist apartment industry in Barcelona, revealed the ten biggest hosts in the Spanish city manage 996 apartments between them, […]
Real estate developers seeing the benefits of short-term multifamily home-sharing
Reading Time: 3 minutesUnited States: The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) estimates around 65 per cent of recent Airbnb bookings have been in multifamily buildings such as apartments, condos and pop-up hotels. It comes as part of a growing trend where many long-term hosts are renting out their units on Airbnb anyway as the NMHC found that 43 […]
Thailand’s seniors become the world’s most active Airbnb hosts and guests
Reading Time: 2 minutesThailand: Thailand seniors (over the age of 60) account for the highest proportion of senior guests on Airbnb, according to recent research. Across Thailand, the number of seniors who have booked on the platform grew by 61.69 per cent over the last year and that figure is expected to rise further as a quarter of […]
Airbnb-tracking app launched to alleviate housing crisis in Dublin
Reading Time: 2 minutesDublin: A web app, Wherebnb.io, has been produced by four Irish software developers as it aims to maximise short-term letting opportunities for Airbnb users in Dublin. The app’s developers have said that it could help to partially alleviate the shortage of available rental properties in the Irish capital, with the housing crisis in the city […]
Airbnb launches evacuees housing programme to help Texas flood victims
Reading Time: 2 minutesTexas: In the wake of the recent flooding in central Texas, Airbnb has launched its evacuees housing programme to offer free temporary housing to those affected by the disaster. The program is helping residents who were forced to evacuate, as well as relief workers arriving to provide assistance. Airbnb hosts in the following Texas counties […]