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Articles tagged “regulations”

Online Travel

Google May Finally Face a Showdown With Regulators Over Its Evolving Travel Tools

Google now prods its users to try to cut their travel costs by considering alternative airports and other tricks. Yet the incremental moves may not appease a European watchdog that may question its broader business practices in travel.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Google May Finally Face a Showdown With Regulators Over Its Evolving Travel Tools

Hotels

Airbnb’s New Pitch to Cities: We Are Serious About Working Together

Airbnb says it is willing to work more closely with cities on crafting commonsense short-term rental regulations and policies, but is this enough? And what's preventing the company from helping to enforce existing laws while it works with cities to craft new ones?

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Airbnb’s New Pitch to Cities: We Are Serious About Working Together

Hotels

Airbnb, New York City, and Hosts: What Happens Now?

Who are the biggest casualties of Airbnb's latest battle with New York City? For now it's the hosts.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Airbnb, New York City, and Hosts: What Happens Now?

Hotels

5 Charts Showing State of Short-Term Rental Regulations in U.S. Cities

Many U.S. cities remain relatively problematic for short-term rentals as 38 of the 59 largest U.S. cities part of this study have no legal foundation for short-term rentals and 32 have restrictions in place.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

5 Charts Showing State of Short-Term Rental Regulations in U.S. Cities

Hotels

Airbnb Reaches Out to Big Landlords to Share Their Tenants’ Spoils

Airbnb, in theory, could ease some cities' opposition to its business by giving landlords a revenue share of their tenants' rentals. It's an interesting idea, albeit with tons of hurdles.

Oshrat Carmiel and Eric Newcomer , Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Airbnb Reaches Out to Big Landlords to Share Their Tenants’ Spoils

Ground Transport

California Becomes First U.S. State to Regulate Ride-Sharing Services

The decision will provide startups, their users, and regulators with a clear uniform set of policies as well as set the stage for future regulation in other U.S. markets.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

U.S. regulator says D.C. taxi rules may be too restrictive, sides with Uber

FTC has frowned upon restrictive taxicab regulations in Colorado and Alaska before and now it has shown its displeasure in high-profile DC market. This is a big moral win -- not an actual one, since FTC is in advisory capacity here for now -- for Uber and other such new companies.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Canadian travelers may have to pay to enter U.S., if budget proposal goes through

U.S.- Canada daily traffic could be affected in a big way if this is the law. and now that it is out in public instead of being buried in a thick budget proposal, it wil get the proper debate it requires.

Joe Lotemplio, Plattsburgh Press-Republican | 11 years ago

Canadian travelers may have to pay to enter U.S., if budget proposal goes through

Airlines

Life in travel hell: 3-hour tarmac delay rule may be lifted due to sequester

After today, the first day where the delays were felt deeply across key domestic hubs, DoT may have to suspend these rules temporarily, but here's hoping it does it with some riders to protect consumer rights.

Skift | 11 years ago

Life in travel hell: 3-hour tarmac delay rule may be lifted due to sequester

Business Travel

UK bans travel companies from charging “rip-off” fees for buying online

Offering their services online isn't a "favor" that airlines and other travel companies are doing to consumers, but in fact the opposite: online sales bring down the overall costs in most cases for these companies, and finally rules are on parity in UK to reflect that.

Josie Ensor, Telegraph UK | 11 years ago