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

Priceline CEO Takes a Shot at Expedia’s Growth Strategy

The Priceline Group won't admit it but its management is feeling the heat from Expedia Inc.'s moves. Adding Orbitz Worldwide to Expedia Inc. will only increase Expedia's inorganic growth, which is growth nonetheless.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Megatrends 2015: Alternative Travel Is Now a Reality Across the World

The sharing economy has spread to every sector of the travel industry and every corner of the globe pushing it from a small community of global explorers to a full-fledged industry needing regulation and customer protection like the traditional market it sought to complement.

Samantha Shankman | 11 years ago

Hotels

Americans Are Generally OK With Airbnb Unless Their Neighbors Are Doing It

Everyone loves the concept of the sharing economy, but when it comes close to home, feelings about it are a lot more nuanced. Lots more research needs to be done at the local and neighborhood level on the effects of the sharing economy, positive and negative.

Rafat Ali | 11 years ago

Hotels

How One U.S. Company Expects to Scale the Pop Up Container Hotel

The traveling public is ready for a rolling container hotel caravan sold through Airbnb, but there's a lot of moving parts to get this up and running.

Greg Oates | 11 years ago

Hotels

Online Reviews in an Airbnb World Are Much More Positive

A fascinating peek into how user reviews get changed in a sharing economy platform site like Airbnb, but this paper leaves the possibility of tons more research that could be done from here.

Rafat Ali | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb Super-Hosts Have Returned to New York City

Airbnb is still hoping to deal with cities on its own terms, but New York City doesn't appear to want to play ball.

Jason Clampet | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s New Campaign Gives Hosts $10 to Be Brand Evangelists

Whether it's a spending study that says how much Airbnb contributes to a community or a campaign like this, Airbnb excels at community-minded moves that are squarely focused on its bottom line first.

Samantha Shankman | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s Head of Hospitality on Improving the Guest Experience

Airbnb needs to figure out a way to work neighbors into the equation.

Jason Clampet | 11 years ago

Tourism

Airbnb Works With Amsterdam to Collect Taxes, Clarify Rules

The new relationship shifts some of the responsibility of informing and educating hosts to Airbnb, which can use its platform to ensure they comply. This is a model that will likely be copied in other markets looking to legitimize the short-term rental economy.

Samantha Shankman | 11 years ago

Announcements

25 Travel Moments That Mattered in 2014

The story of travel in 2014 is one of evolutionary leaps and breaks from the past. Understand the year in 25 travel moments.

Jason Clampet | 11 years ago