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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.

Online Travel

Uber, Lyft and Airbnb Are Winning the App Download Battle

Uber and Lyft have the advantage that they are travel apps that, like Google Maps, many people use every day. More travel apps should find a way to be relevant more often.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

6 Ways Airbnb Changed Travel and the Vacation Rental Industry

Airbnb has been a true disruptor in travel, and we'll continue to keep a close watch as it matures into a broader industry player.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Business Travel and Sharing Collide as Airbnb and Uber Ink Deals with Concur

Concur has done an excellent job in recent years thinking about what the business traveler needs to do their job better rather than focusing on putting the travel manager first. This is simply the next logical step.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Changing of the Guard as Airbnb, TripAdvisor and HomeAway Join Travel Tech Trade Group

The entrance of Airbnb, TripAdvisor and HomeAway into the ranks of the heretofore online travel agency-dominated Travel Technology Association is a sign of the sharing-economy times, and will give the newbies added clout when the butt heads with local regulators.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Skift Survey: More People Actually Prefer the New Airbnb Logo to the Old One

Lesson: Always look beyond the signals emanating from early adopters on Twitter.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

5 Travel Brands Winning on Social Media for the Week Ending July 18, 2014

Amplify brand awareness with new initiatives, collaborations, and contests.

Joyce Manalo, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s New Logo and Website Want You to Feel Belonging

Airbnb has always been a leader in design, which is why we're not surprised by the site redesign but are shocked by the lousy logo.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Madrid Bans Use of Airbnb and Other Short-Term Rentals for Less than 5 Days

Spain needs to balance regulating the black-market economy with making it easier to start a business or keep one running.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Why Hotels Need to Worry About Millennials and the Sharing Economy

With the U.S. hotel industry performing well, it is losing some business from the sharing economy, but there isn't a lot of hurt yet. That could come later.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Marriott CEO Concedes Airbnb Does Local Better

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson says he is having "fun" watching the development of Airbnb. He adds that Millennials will be a "massive" portion of Marriott's customer base in a decade. It won't be too much fun, though, if Millennial travelers stray from hotels as their best options for a stay.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago