Vacation Rental Services Startup Guesty Secures $1.5 Million in Funding
In startup land, B2B companies providing services to the vacation rental and apartment-sharing industry are hot, hot, hot.
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.
Apartment Rentals Are FlipKey’s Fastest Growing Category
TripAdvisor isn't exactly a wild-eyed daredevil, but the fastest growing category on its Flipkey accommodation site is apartment rentals, a category that flirts with illegality in large, urban markets like New York.
Priceline CEO on Why Amsterdam Is Better for Business Than Silicon Valley
The Priceline Group's culture is fairly buttoned up so the company wouldn't think about doing Airbnb-style apartment rentals at this juncture, but if the legal hassles eventually get sorted out, then Priceline would take a hard look.
Top 10 Most Popular Travel Brands on YouTube in May
Encourage your audience to revel in summer fun and dare them to broaden their cultural horizons.
Starwood, IHG Execs Worried About Losing Market Share to Airbnb
The claim that Airbnb has taken some demand away from major hotel groups is indisputable, but the significance and depth of its long-term impact on the industry is yet to be determined.
5 Travel Brands Winning on Social Media for the Week Ending May 30, 2014
Taking advantage of holidays and major sporting events is a great play for content. Plan accordingly.
New York Attorney General Issues New Subpoena to Airbnb
With requests narrowed down to satisfy the judge, Airbnb will need to make new arguments to battle the subpoena.
Judge Rules New York Airbnb Subpoena Too Broad, Attorney General Will Narrow Request
A more narrowly tailored request from the Attorney General will strip away some of the fishing expedition elements and focus on the information it does have from the data dive.
HomeAway Backs Airbnb in Battle with Cities
HomeAway is not about to be another Booking.com, but Google is going to get a new and large global customer when the vacation rental site ramps up its search engine marketing, probably next year.
Airbnb Vs. New York City Hearing Ends Without Ruling From Judge
Until the judge rules, there is going to be a great deal of activity from Airbnb's PR team, as well as its 'grassroots' group, Peers.