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.

Media and PR

Airbnb Gets Into Print Publishing With New Pineapple Quarterly

Airbnb has more good design sense in its little pinky than most companies have in their entire executive suite, so you just know this is going to look fantastic. We just hope the content won't be as ridiculous as Airbnb's misleading marketing.

Jason Clampet | 10 years ago

Hotels

How Airbnb Bought a San Francisco Short-Term Rental Law, Lawsuit Alleges

Not that HomeAway isn't above doing these sorts of things, but Airbnb's lobbyists sure were adept at getting a seat at the table in San Francisco.

Dennis Schaal | 10 years ago

Hotels

Skift Forum Video: Airbnb and the Future of the Guest Experience

Conley's focus on the guest gives him an understanding of the peer-to-peer business that few others can lay claim to.

Jason Clampet | 10 years ago

Media and PR

How Travel Brands Can Measure Success on Instagram

Smarter insight into how Instagram users are engaging with brands always helps.

Joyce Manalo | 10 years ago

Media and PR

Airbnb and Vegas' Cosmopolitan Hotel Use Twitter's Promoted Videos

Consuming video on social has become more than sales and completion rates.

Joyce Manalo | 10 years ago

Hotels

New York Attorney General Uses Airbnb Data to Challenge Its Sharing Story

Last week San Francisco lawmakers gave Airbnb a huge break by legalizing some of its business and penalizing rivals. This week the New York AG is rebalancing the sharing universe with a report that undermines Airbnb's arguments about how its business operates.

Jason Clampet | 10 years ago

Hotels

The Short-Term Apartment Rental Site That Isn't Focusing on Community

Despite some differentiation, Only Apartments faces a daunting task of standing out in new markets where some of its competitors are advertising on TV and have so much money to burn. If it can scale up by using channel managers, so can everyone else.

Dennis Schaal | 10 years ago

Hotels

8 Top Quotes About the Future of the Guest Experience From Airbnb's Head of Hospitality

Conley joined Airbnb in time for many of its earlier challenges to lead way to legitimization, making him confident not only of the company's success but his ability to spread the tenets of hospitality to a previously ignorant host set.

Samantha Shankman | 10 years ago

Hotels

Hotel Hatches a Plan to Get Into Peer-to-Peer Apartment Rentals

BeMate essentially turns Room Mate into an apartment rental broker and it will need to adhere to the protocols and costs that come along with that in order to build an inventory without running in regulatory troubles.

Samantha Shankman | 10 years ago

Hotels

UK Takes Stock of Sharing Economy in Step Towards New Legislation

This "review" is positioned in such a way that it could only come out with a pro-sharing stance, which in itself is not a negative but undermines the real work that needs to be done to legitimize such businesses while protecting workers' and consumers' rights.

Samantha Shankman | 10 years ago