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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Airbnb’s Head of Hospitality on Improving the Guest Experience
Airbnb needs to figure out a way to work neighbors into the equation.
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.
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.
Several States Could Regulate and Tax Short-Term Rentals in 2015
It is interesting to see that the Travel Technology Association, which takes the online travel agency side on the hotel tax issue, is siding with members HomeAway and Airbnb on short-term rental legislation.
San Francisco Seeks Dismissal of HomeAway Lawsuit Alleging Airbnb Favoritism
There are holes in the arguments of both the City of San Francisco and HomeAway. The new short-term rental law would indeed put HomeAway in the new position of collecting taxes from renters, and HomeAway could find a way in its business model to make that happen. Still, the new law does appear to favor Airbnb, which already collects fees from guests.
Airbnb Gains From Dissatisfaction With HomeAway’s Changing Business Model
Airbnb's business model (3% commissions) is more host-friendly than HomeAway's (10% commissions). It's good news, except that it runs contrary to all the company's marketing messaging.