Airbnb Now Completely Overwhelms Some U.S. Cities
Luke McGrath, Bloomberg
It's not all bad news, though. Some smaller cities, looking to grow their local tourism market, have developed a good working relationship with the startup.
5 days ago
Luke McGrath, Bloomberg
It's not all bad news, though. Some smaller cities, looking to grow their local tourism market, have developed a good working relationship with the startup.
5 days ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
Airbnb has avoided these policies under the guise of being just a platform, much like the rest of the tech platform companies. We just hope at some point that tragedies are not the only way to propel change that lots of stakeholders have been asking for all along.
1 week ago
Olivia Carville, Bloomberg
Jersey City, a large New Jersey municipality on the outskirts of New York City, where Airbnb faces stiff regulation, handed Airbnb a huge defeat by adopting sensible homesharing restrictions. Is this a trend in the making?
1 week ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
House parties and out-of-control guests are the scourge of Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. The industry has to fix this — fast.
2 weeks ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
When guests stay in short-term rentals, they shouldn't have to worry that hosts might be sharing their intimate photos and personal information on Facebook, whether it be in nominally private groups or not. Airbnb, Vrbo, Facebook, and others need to be more vigilant so that their hosts aren't violating privacy policies on their platforms or elsewhere.
2 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Expedia, Booking.com, and Ctrip are boosting the supply of sightseeing and experiences options that can be booked in merely a few clicks. But several factors are complicating any plans they may have to dominate bookings in this sector the way they have in flights and hotels.
2 weeks ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Airbnb may never become a clone of its online travel agency competitors, but it will eventually go more mainstream to attract a wider range of travelers and locals, as the Tiqets investment suggests.
2 weeks ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
In online travel, everything is tactical and not necessarily permanent. But for now, at least, those coveted Airbnb listings are appearing in Google's vacation rental pages in some European cities. This could have big implications for both companies if those listings remain.
3 weeks ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Airbnb is on a path toward spending as much as $2 billion in sales and marketing in 2019. When you consider that Airbnb will likely have to start spending more with Google as it adds more hotels onto its platform, then the company's supposed competitive advantage over Booking Holdings and Expedia Group on that front appears a little less attractive.
4 weeks ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
The online juggernaut isn't satisfied with dominating urban markets. Airbnb wants to take the beaches and the mountains, too, in the battle for short-term rental bookings. So the company is becoming savvier in how it approaches local property managers.
1 month ago
Brian Quinn, Skift
We’re diving deeper into the fast-changing world of the short-term rental sector with this first-ever Skift Summit. Here’s what you can expect to learn and who you'll hear from at our inaugural event.
1 month ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Is everything on target in the evolution of Airbnb's Experiences business? It's clearly not profitable yet after three years, and the leadership change at the top signals problems. That doesn't mean it's fatally flawed although this isn't precisely the portrait you want to paint on the cusp of Airbnb going public next year.
1 month ago