A new startup accelerator that’s looking to change the way we travel
We’re interested to see which startups are born from RunUp Labs and where they’ll find their place in the currently crowded market of travel sites and apps.
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.
The travel booking sites that see a future in neighborhood content
"Neighborhood" is the buzzword for online travel sites this week, but it’s too soon to tell whether it’s a stroke of genius for catering to mobile travelers looking for localized content or very expensive dead end.
Airbnb CEO has a vision of a future where everyone shares — and Airbnb collects a modest fee
Love it or laugh at it, Chesky's talk was the most thought-provoking moment at the PhoCusWright conference. Yes, the lodging industry will undergo far-reaching changes, but don't burn your mortgages just yet.
Airbnb Neighborhoods puts the alternative lodging company into the travel guide business
These only have a shot at becoming a real challenger to both digital and traditional publishers if they crack the code on the best way to integrate guest reviews and real-world updates into quality destination information.
Two travel startup darlings get good PR for Sandy response
After first playing the jerk, Uber is now like a billionaire looking for a pat on the back for leaving an extra $5 tip
Airbnb rival HouseTrip gets backing of top three European VC firms in $40 million deal
Accel Partners joins existing investors Balderton and Index to back what they see as a better alternative to Airbnb (and all of its clones) in the European market.
Cities like San Francisco struggle with embracing Airbnb or cracking down on its illegal rentals
Before Airbnb gets IPO-big, they'll need to figure out how to make their rentals legal in big cities like San Francisco or New York where a big chunk of their future will be determined.
Airbnb offers more than a place to stay, launches Local Lists to popular local businesses
Airbnb wants to pop the tourist bubble to bring economic benefits to local neighborhoods, and its new, locally crafted mini-guides take advantage of active users to put this promise into print.
Airbnb looks to mobile to make hosts more responsive and boost revenue
The peer-to-peer rental movement already is transforming the lodging industry, and mobile adoption, as evidenced by the Airbnb statistics, will help bring it more into the mainstream.
Airbnb’s most notorious illegal hotel operator tries to go legit with highly dubious endeavor
Nobody was happy with Toshi's Airbnb's properties except Toshi and the law-breaking landlords who liked the kickbacks on his illegally rented units. And Airbnb, too, which took its fees despite numerous warnings that his properties were both illegal and unsatisfactory.