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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

Top 25 Online Booking Sites in Travel for October 2013

Skift | 11 years ago

Announcements

Airbnb Hospitality Guru Explains Hospitality to Travel Bloggers

Ex-hotelier Chip Conley is attempting to bring uniform standards of hospitality to the Wild West of online property sharing and half a million micro-entrepreneurs worldwide.

Greg Oates, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Ride-Sharing Firm Lyft Enters Sacramento and Uber Responds

The taxi industry is going to have to get used to it. There is more competition now in the form of Lyft, Uber, and services such as Zipcar. Although individual startups may come and go, the ride-sharing concept is here to stay.

Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee | 11 years ago

Hotels

Expedia CEO Is Bullish About the Future of Airbnb

Expedia partnered with HomeAway on vacation rentals last week. One day it is going to partner with or acquire a sharing economy company built in the Airbnb mold, depending how the market shakes out. When you are as big as Expedia, you can afford to sit back and see how things shape up.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s CTO on the Battle for New York and IPO Rumours

The next six months will be interesting for the rental upstart, and fascinating to watch from the outside. Can it find a balance with regulators and can it keep the user growth momentum going?

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Five Travel Startups For Finding Local Activities and Sharing Experiences

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Captures 1% of Visitors in Its Largest Market, New York City

Regardless of the growing pains, peer-to-peer services such as Airbnb are on track for dramatic growth. NYC and other cities are going to have to find ways to deal with it.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway Launches Its New Performance-Based Business Model

HomeAway is making a big bet on its pay-per booking model, but some financial analysts believe it hasn't taken off as expected. HomeAway states that the soft launch "was very recent" and the beta sample too small to get an adequate assessment.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Is Fighting to Make Sharing Legal in New York, But It Already Is

This isn't about the sharing, it's about the commerce.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Airbnb Vs. New York City: The Defining Fight of the Sharing Economy

The answer, as always, lies somewhere in the middle.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago