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Musa Tariq joins Airbnb in experiences marketing role
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnited States: Musa Tariq, a former chief brand officer at Ford, has joined Airbnb as its head of marketing experiences, a newly-created role. Tariq left Ford in March after 15 months at the company and has since worked as an advisor for a number of businesses. He joined Ford in January 2017 from Apple, where […]
European organisations set up guidelines to help support short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The short-term rental (STR) industry has been the subject of criticism in recent years as the pressure on housing grows in cities worldwide. Both Amsterdam and Paris have threatened to place bans on short-term rental services such as Airbnb in recent months although industry bodies now believe regulators need to better understand how the […]
Airbnb launches travel accessibility awareness campaign
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia / New Zealand: Airbnb has launched an awareness campaign to help encourage Australians and New Zealanders make travel more accessible. Tourism Research Australia revealed an estimated 20 per cent of Australian adults have a disability or long-term health condition and Statistics New Zealand found as many as one in four New Zealanders have a […]
Short-term rental homeowners in Jamaica urged to explore hosting liabilities
Reading Time: 2 minutesJamaica: People considering entering the short-term rental market are being warned to explore the liabilities associated with operating such establishments without specific regulations and guidelines. The point was made at the RAJ Symposium 2018, organised by the Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ), in partnership with JN Bank. The symposium, held at the Spanish Court Hotel […]
Parliamentary inquiry set up to regulate short-term rentals in Western Australia
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: The Western Australian Labour and Liberal parties have united to set up a parliamentary inquiry into regulation of the state’s short-stay accommodation industry. Tension has grown between owners of licenced short-stay businesses, such as hotels, serviced apartments and bed and breakfasts, and backyard operators who do not have a licence and advertise on platforms […]
U.S. rental firms and property owners fighting to protect future of short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: The rapid growth of short-term rentals in the U.S. is pushing regional governments to rein in the practice but some rental firms and property owners are fighting off the lucrative industry’s threat. It was reported in June that voters in Palm Springs, California, approved a ballot measure overturning restrictions on short-term rentals, and […]
Sausalito to vote on overturning ban on short-term rentals through Airbnb
Reading Time: 2 minutesCalifornia: The city of Sausalito is set to overturn its ban on short-term rentals through Airbnb, allowing residents to capitalise on the city’s growing tourism industry. The rentals could also provide an economic boon for the city by generating up to $243,000 in tax revenue annually, according to officials. However, some people fear commercialising homes […]
Take Back the City housing activists call for ‘total ban’ on Airbnb in Ireland
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Protesters from housing activist group, Take Back the City, occupied Airbnb’s Dublin offices on Saturday in protest over the platform’s ‘impact on the housing crisis’. The Airbnb head office was open as part of an Open House Dublin architecture event which allowed public access to buildings. However, access to other offices as part of […]
Australian Hotels Association (AHA) proposes plan to regulate Airbnb
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has proposed a five-point plan to regulate, license and control the home-sharing sector in its latest effort to combat the impact by Airbnb. The plan includes the requirement that restricts home-sharing to an owner’s primary residence and bans whole properties from being listed as home-sharing accommodation for less than […]
Portland housing committee asks for six-month moratorium on short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesPortland: Portland’s housing committee is asking the city council to order a six-month moratorium on new short-term rentals in non-owner-occupied homes. The moratorium was proposed during a meeting and public hearing on Thursday regarding a raft of proposed amendments to tighten Portland’s short-term rental rules. Committee members were poised to debate and vote on the […]