Free Data Deck: State of Travel 2015: Europe
Released April 2015: Welcome to the Europe installment of Skift’s annual State of Travel report, a series focusing on individual major global industry regions.
Articles tagged “sharing economy”
What Modern Hotel Brands Can Learn From Airbnb
New competition means hotels need to fight back and put hospitality and community first.
Travel Habits of Millennials: Airbnb Least Used for Accommodations, for Now
This is a good indicator of how millennials could still be retained by the organized hotel sector, though of course catering to the specific needs of this demographic is still important.
HomeAway CFO on Airbnb: We Know They Are Coming After Us
In the HomeAway-Airbnb-Booking.com love triangle, it is maverick Airbnb and Booking.com that actually have the most in common in terms of their preference for instantly confirmable bookings. And, like a scorned lover, HomeAway has been ratcheting up its criticisms of Booking.com.
Megatrends 2015: Alternative Travel Is Now a Reality Across the World
The sharing economy has spread to every sector of the travel industry and every corner of the globe pushing it from a small community of global explorers to a full-fledged industry needing regulation and customer protection like the traditional market it sought to complement.
Americans Are Generally OK With Airbnb Unless Their Neighbors Are Doing It
Everyone loves the concept of the sharing economy, but when it comes close to home, feelings about it are a lot more nuanced. Lots more research needs to be done at the local and neighborhood level on the effects of the sharing economy, positive and negative.
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.
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.
The Short-Term Apartment Rental Site That Isn’t Focusing on Community
Despite some differentiation, Only Apartments faces a daunting task of standing out in new markets where some of its competitors are advertising on TV and have so much money to burn. If it can scale up by using channel managers, so can everyone else.
Avis Budget’s Zipcar Going Mainstream With Business Travelers
In certain settings and circumstances, and that includes airports and business travel usage, Zipcar is turning out to be an attractive option. Hey, even AARP members are getting on board.