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Airbnb named Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has, as previously reported, been announced as an official Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner in an estimated $500m deal at a press conference in London. Airbnb’s partnership with the IOC is a long-term agreement, spanning nine years, which will last for at least the next two Summer Olympics [2024 in Paris and Los […]
Airbnb partners with 23andMe to facilitate heritage travel trips
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb is teaming up with biotech firm 23andMe to recommend heritage travel destinations to its traveller community and the latter’s customers. Heritage travel is when travellers make long journeys, like pilgrimages, to uncover their family histories in their ancestors’ home cities, towns and countries. 23andMe comes in to the equation as it produces personalised […]
Airbnb launches Donations tool for hosts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has launched its Donations tool in order to help hosts in the United States choose whether they want to donate a percentage of their income to philanthropic organisations supporting housing needs. The tool will help the San Francisco-based firm with its objective to help relocate 100,000 people in need of temporary affordable housing […]
Airbnb launches home design and manufacture Backyard initiative for 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental giant Airbnb is to expand its functions by launching its home design initiative, Backyard, next year. The company described Backyard as “an endeavour to design and prototype new ways of building and sharing homes” and said its first test units would be distributed in 2019. Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia said the inspiration […]
Seaside hotspot residents in Australia out-priced by Airbnb renters
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Wealthy tourists could be forcing seaside hotspot residents out of their homes as Airbnb provides investors with healthy income streams. The CEO of RiskWise Property Research, Doron Peleg, warned long-term renters were also being impacted in areas such as Byron Bay as they were unable to pay the same rates as short-term letters. Peleg […]