Airbnb News

What started as AirBedandBreakfast.com has grown into a massive public company that IPOd in 2020. Airbnb is now the world's largest online alternative-accommodation community, allowing millions of users to list, search, and rent authentic homestays and vacation-rental experiences in countless cities across the globe.

Hotels

Hyatt Invests in Onefinestay to Figure Out Sharing Economy Appeal

While many hoteliers are dismissive of the sharing economy, Hyatt and Hilton Worldwide are either learning from it or at least taking a balanced view about the trend. Don't expect either to rent out couches anytime soon, though.

Dennis Schaal | 10 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

The Big Collision Between Vacation Rentals and the Sharing Economy Is Happening Now

Expect more fascinating results from this big collision happening on the alternative accommodation side, and not only will it affect the traditional online travel agencies, but also the organized hotel sector as well.

Dennis Schaal | 10 years ago

Hotels

Handy Enters Vacation Rental Ecosystem With New Host Services

Airbnb has spawned an ecosystem of startups offering ancillary services, but Handy has a leg up on its competition with a brand and customer base already built up around the country.

Samantha Shankman | 10 years ago

Hotels

San Francisco Wants to Toughen Airbnb Law at the Ballot Box

The City of Portland, Oregon recently proposed similar amendments to its short-term rental law but was slow to impose any penalties. Since Airbnb is headquartered in San Francisco you can only imagine how much bloodier this battle has become.

Dan Peltier | 10 years ago

SkiftX

Best Travel Ads This Week: Balancing Between Excitement and Exaggeration

Not all Airbnb hosts are as welcoming as Airbnb depicts and not all Ibis are as luxurious as it portrays, but advertising is more about shifting consumers' perceptions of a product than their practical expectations.

Samantha Shankman | 10 years ago

Hotels

5 Airbnb Cuba Hosts Manage Half of the Island's Inventory

Unlike Airbnb's other markets, there are several reasons for a single person to manage dozens of listings in Cuba. Setting up this model could lead to its replication in other, hard to manage areas.

Samantha Shankman | 10 years ago

Hotels

How The Vacation Rental Land Grab Stacks Up: HomeAway Vs. Priceline Vs. Airbnb

The Evercore report might be read as ammunition for one of the big online travel agencies to acquire HomeAway. On the other hand, it shows that the commission model in vacation rentals will face much resistance.

Dennis Schaal | 10 years ago

Hotels

What Modern Hotel Brands Can Learn From Airbnb

New competition means hotels need to fight back and put hospitality and community first.

Colin Nagy | 10 years ago

Announcements

Skift Business Traveler: Where Vacation Rentals and Hotels Finally Get Along

Grant Martin | 10 years ago

Hotels

Travel Habits of Millennials: Airbnb Least Used for Accommodations, for Now

This is a good indicator of how millennials could still be retained by the organized hotel sector, though of course catering to the specific needs of this demographic is still important.

Rafat Ali | 10 years ago