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

HomeAway CEO sees tough short-term rental laws as a "nuisance"

We'll almost inevitably see a convergence between the vacation homes of HomeAway and Flipkey, and the apartment rentals of Airbnb, and that will highlight how these companies share common interests when local legislators try to curb their activities.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Video: HomeAway's CEO on why Airbnb isn't really competition

In contrast to the opaque balance sheet of its more hyped peers, HomeAway's CEO can confidently point to six strong quarters as a public company.

Jason Clampet | 12 years ago

Online Travel

HomeAway will copy Airbnb and Booking.com for new initiatives

HomeAway is mimicking Airbnb's pay-per booking model in some ways, although HomeAway isn't getting into peer-to-peer apartment rentals in any big way just yet.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

HomeAway organizing property owners to fight short-term rental restrictions

Short-term rentals are disruptive, and sometimes illegal. The battle to accommodate them or not is being fought out in hundreds of small battles at the local and state levels.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Amsterdam clamps down on illegal rentals, Airbnb and peers fear chain reaction

One would think that a city that permits a thriving red light district would be less picky about illegal hotels, but Amsterdam isn’t going to sit back as many as 4,000 residents earn an extra untaxed income.

12 years ago

Online Travel

Airbnb, the coolest lingo for startup descriptions on AngelList

Sharing economy is the new new thing and companies large and small that unlock the value of underutilized assets using digital platforms will help redefine large swathes of industries across the spectrum.

Rafat Ali | 12 years ago

Hotels

When Airbnb thinks of its success, it thinks first of its designers

Before Airbnb, the vacation rental industry looked like the offspring of Craigslist and Geocities. Part of its genius is that it realized users feel much better about renting a stranger's place when everything looks very nice.

Danielle Kucera | 12 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb CEO responds to illegal rentals story: "First of all, it's not illegal everywhere"

Chesky's statement at the PandoMonthly event about Airbnb working with local authorities conflicts with interviews we did with local authorities. They characterized discussions with Airbnb as a "one-way street" trying to legalize their business model.

Jason Clampet | 12 years ago

Hotels

Two Airbnb-clone rental sites in China each get $10 million in funding

Short-term rentals are disruptive to the lodging industry and truly global in scope, as this funding news punctuates.

12 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb's growing pains mirrored in New York City, where half its listings are illegal rentals

One would hope that a company that has the ears of both the youngest and the most affluent travelers would take its responsibilities seriously: Not only by the way they handle the legal side of the issue, but also in how they lead the conversation in addressing the questions that these laws raise.

Jason Clampet | 12 years ago