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Cupples to step down from Airbnb GM role
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Amanda Cupples, the general manager for UK and Northern Europe at Airbnb, is stepping down from the role after four years next week.
Airbnb issues warning over online scams
Reading Time: 2 minutesAirbnb has warned that young people are particularly at risk of online fraud, in a message to customers booking holidays through its website.
Airbnb and Women’s Aid launch pilot for domestic abuse survivors
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb and Women’s Aid, a charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children, have launched a pilot to provide emergency accommodation to domestic abuse survivors in England through the Airbnb platform.
Government announces short-term let controls in England
Reading Time: 6 minutesUK: The UK Government has announced reforms to planning laws that will empower councils in England to make short-term lets in their area subject to a planning process, thus preventing a “hollowing out” of communities.
Airbnb partners with NatWest to boost hosts’ energy efficiency
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb is partnering with British bank NatWest and Energy Saving Trust to launch a new Sustainable Hosting Hub that will help hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
STR platforms sign landmark data-sharing partnership with ONS
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK’s Office for National Statistics [ONS] will soon have access to independently published data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia Group, following a landmark data-sharing agreement between the platforms and ONS.
Airbnb and Energy Saving Trust launch £1m climate action fund
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb and the Energy Saving Trust Foundation have joined forces to launch a £1 million climate action fund for disadvantaged young people across the UK.
Airbnb and Get Safe Online protect customers from holiday scams
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Internet safety website Get Safe Online has partnered with Airbnb to share guidance on how to protect oneself from holiday booking scams in 2023.
Airbnb unveils 2023 trending destinations for UK travellers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Airbnb has unveiled its list of trending destinations in 2023 for UK-based travellers, including ten domestic travel hotspots in England, Wales and Scotland.
Airbnb and Minut target anti-social behaviour with new campaign
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: As part of its ongoing commitment to healthy and responsible tourism in the UK, Airbnb is collaborating with property monitoring company Minut to support its Good Neighbour Campaign.