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

Airbnb Has a Golden Moment at the Rio Olympics

For all the challenges facing this year's Summer Games, chief among them a lack of hotel rooms, the beauty of Airbnb's flexible supply scheme makes it ideal for major events like the Olympics.

Deanna Ting | 10 years ago

Hotels

How Wyndham Plans to Tackle Vacation Rental Disruptors

With the likes of Airbnb playing up the sheer number of properties available, it makes sense for Wyndham to make a point of some of the advantages you get when booking direct with a company.

Patrick Whyte | 10 years ago

Cruises

Airbnb Tries to Lure New Hosts With Discounts on a Fathom Cruise

We're not sure if this promotion alone will prompt anyone to sign up as an Airbnb host or take a cruise. But Fathom, which is still an up-and-coming brand, may earn some attention — and hipster cred — for partnering with the high-profile company.

Hannah Sampson | 10 years ago

Hotels

The Manifesto for a Common Sense Approach to Regulating Airbnb

Can such a thing exist? Yes, but if we want it to work, we need short-term rental platforms and local governments to cooperate with each other.

Deanna Ting | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Want to Book an Airbnb ‘Room’ on a Plane? Lufthansa Makes It Possible

Give Lufthansa credit for an intriguing new promotion. But for passengers, this is not that great of a deal.

Brian Sumers | 10 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

How to Book an Airbnb at the Last Minute – Without the Hassle

Last-minute Airbnb bookings are not impossible. You just need to know how to navigate the system.

Edit Team | 10 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Enlists Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to Battle Discrimination

Hiring Holder is a smart move and it shows Airbnb is finally taking some crucial steps to address discrimination on its platform. The next step? Figuring out if there are some tangible tech or design solutions that can back up the creation of a new anti-discrimination policy.

Deanna Ting | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Ridesharing and Car Services May Join Forces Sooner Than You Think

The irony of this conversation, unfortunately for car services, is that ridesharing trips already account for nearly half of ground transportation spending expensed through U.S. companies. So the fingerpointing and recriminations continue.

Andrew Sheivachman | 10 years ago

Hotels

Kayak CEO Explains How Airbnb Combats Hotel Surge Pricing

According to Kayak's CEO, Airbnb is preventing traditional hotels from implementing surge prices, and Brexit is impacting tourism far more than recent acts of terrorism.

Sarah Enelow | 10 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Agrees to Collect Taxes From its Hosts in Los Angeles

Does this tax-collection agreement mean Airbnb is completely legal in Los Angeles? Not really. But if you're renting out your home as a short-term rental, the city wants to make sure it gets its cut of the business, even as it's revising its short-term rental laws.

Deanna Ting | 10 years ago