Dennis Schaal, Skift
Some hotel chains, such as Marriott, feel they have no choice but to get into homesharing. Marriott is trying to turn it into a loyalty play to keep its customers engaged with the brand.
1 week ago
Pavel Alpeyev and Olivia Carville, Bloomberg
Airbnb invested $30 million to return the number of listings year-ago levels, before Japan implemented the Minpaku law. Good that it did this well before the 2020 Olympics. But there’s more competition now as hotel supply has increased. Even disruptive players such as Oyo Hotels and Homes are in the ring.
2 weeks ago
Ruben Munsterman, Bloomberg
Amsterdam has already limited homesharing and is considering a total ban in popular neighborhoods. Stronger permitting for legit bed-and-breakfast operators will probably be more sustainable than an outright ban, if the goal is to improve life for locals.
3 weeks ago
Salesforce + Skift
The use of technology in hospitality must go beyond improving consumer-facing products and digital experiences. Its true potential will be realized when hotel staff are empowered with the right insights at the right time so that they can transform guest experiences.
4 days ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Airbnb is clearly now well down the path toward a host-only fee structure. Chalk it up to its push toward onboarding hotels, which don't charge guest fees, and Airbnb's competition with Booking.com, which sees guest fees as unholy.
3 weeks ago
Raini Hamdi, Skift
Airbnb intends to grow further in Asia-Pacific by providing what it calls the most "magical" experience. The challenge, of course, will be staying true to its core values as competition intensifies.
3 weeks ago
Claire Ballentine, Bloomberg
The Prince of Wales’ foundation has opened a bed-and-breakfast near the Castle of Mey in Caithness, Scotland. Talk about getting the royal treatment during a trip.
3 weeks ago
Daniela Guzman, Bloomberg
Already facing animosity from regulators, local hotels, and residents, Airbnb must now confront the death of six tourists from a gas leak in one of its apartments. This puts the homesharing platform in a tight spot, to say the least.
3 weeks ago
Olivia Carville, Bloomberg
Murray Cox runs Inside Airbnb, which uses the homesharing giant’s own data to highlight illegal listings in big cities. The housing activist particularly deserves kudos for catching the lister of home rentals providing misleading data to public and city officials in 2016. But Airbnb is also right in that some of Cox’s data lacks context.
4 weeks ago
Haixia Wang , Skift Research
As one of the largest travel sectors, accommodations will continue to grow as travel becomes an even more integral part of consumer lifestyles. Yet it remains to be seen if the disruption from alternative accommodations will fundamentally shake up the entire sector.
4 weeks ago
Kyle Stock, Bloomberg
Airstream's luxe camp trailer may appeal to a wider customer base beyond baby boomers, but much of that younger demographic is also interested in sharing rather than owning.
4 weeks ago
Dennis Schaal and Deanna Ting, Skift
Will Airbnb be able to break through in China and other parts of Asia Pacific where other Western companies have fallen off their scooters? We'll discuss these issues with Siew Kum Hong, one of Airbnb's earliest employees in the region, at Skift Forum Asia in Singapore.
1 month ago