Airbnb buys Danish meeting booking site Gaest

Reading Time: 2 minutesDenmark: Airbnb has acquired Danish booking site Gaest to help business people book off-site spaces for meetings and events. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal. Gaest, which offers meeting spaces for rentals by the hour or day, was founded in 2015 in Aarhus, Denmark, and has disclosed $3.5 million in fundraising. […]
Airbnb partners with “City of Smiles” Aarhus

Reading Time: 2 minutesDenmark: Aarhus has become the first Danish city to enter into a co-operation with Airbnb to boost tourism and promote it internationally.
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 […]