Natasha Rausch, Bloomberg
On the Texas coast, Port Aransas has a significant drive-in market and its tourism board has been laser-focused on putting Hurricane Harvey behind it. Tourism will continue being part of the town's DNA, just like others along the Gulf.
7 hours ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Timing is everything, folks.
1 day ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
We know what you're all thinking: Can Onefinestay be saved? Was AccorHotels' decision to buy a private rental business the right move? Or should it have partnered with one instead?
6 days ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
If Airbnb is indeed seeing a slowdown of its business in more mature markets like Europe and the U.S., that's all the more reason for the company to double down on its efforts in emerging markets like China, and to work on adding more professional inventory, ahem, hotels.
7 days ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Vacasa's interest in partnering with property developers to put more short-term rentals in multi-family communities is part of a broader trend toward greater professionalization of the market. But not all of the players entering the market may avoid being bruised in an eventual economic recession.
1 week ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Booking.com wants to service professional managers while going after individual vacation rental owners, too. Airbnb wants to tap into the professional-manager set while branching out into resort areas, and HomeAway wants to get more urban. These companies' offerings will converge, and it's likely their business models will, too.
3 weeks ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Voice has tremendous potential to transform the vacation rental or private accommodation experience as we know it — but are we there yet? And if not, how do we get there?
3 weeks ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
This move makes plenty of sense but we — presumably like those very people who want to use Airbnb to list their properties — wish Airbnb was a bit more forthcoming with actual new tools.
4 weeks ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
Chip Conley mixes some self-promotion into his predictions, but these insights from a longtime hospitality insider warrant attention.
1 month ago
Rebecca Stone, Skift
The regulatory environment for Airbnb is becoming increasingly more restrictive, but completely wiping out Airbnb as an alternative for travel accommodations via regulation won't necessarily be beneficial from an economic standpoint.
1 month ago
Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg
Slowly but surely, Airbnb and HomeAway are finding that their previous defenses for failing to comply with short-term rental regulations are no longer cutting it.
1 month ago
Ercan Ersoy and Gillian Tan, Bloomberg
The Dogus conglomerate, an owner of prestigious hotels across Europe, was $5.7 billion in debt as of June. Asset sales seem likely, though it's not clear if buyers will make acceptable offers.
1 month ago