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Articles tagged “short-term rentals”

Startups

Car Rental App Kyte Raises $60 Million

Kyte wants to simplify car rentals, while yet another short-term rental platform, this time in Germany, raises millions.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Car Rental App Kyte Raises $60 Million

Hotels

New Marriott Apartment Brand Bets on Blended Leisure and Business Travel

Marriott International is debuting an extended-stay brand in the U.S. and Canada. Why buy a startup like Placemakr or Limehome when you can build your own brand?

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

New Marriott Apartment Brand Bets on Blended Leisure and Business Travel
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Online Travel

Booking.com’s Stagnant Mix of Short-Term Rental Stays Is a Not Necessarily Bad Thing

Booking.com and Airbnb are tough to compare. Although Booking.com officials would admit it has a lot to improve in short-term rentals, the company is playing its hotel hand to an advantage.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Booking.com’s Stagnant Mix of Short-Term Rental Stays Is a Not Necessarily Bad Thing

News Blog

Airbnb Data Says Flexible Search Tools Help Combat Overtourism

Airbnb said that the flexible search features it has rolled out since early 2021 have so far diverted bookings from destinations coping with overtourism and peak travel times, according to data it shared on Friday. The short-term rental booking giant has increasingly offered search tools — see Skift's earlier coverage: "Airbnb’s Next Big Change: Search"…

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Reportedly Will Face New Data Regulations Under European Union Plan

Concern over the spread of short-term rentals in cities with housing crises has spurred a patchwork of local regulation. Can the European Union harmonize the rules in a way that also helps support destinations eager to attract the likes of Airbnb?

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters | 2 years ago

Airbnb Reportedly Will Face New Data Regulations Under European Union Plan

Online Travel

Airbnb Posts Best Quarter Yet on Relentless Travel Demand

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says his company can thrive in boom and bust cycles if it keeps innovating. To meet that promise, his company will have to boost its pricing competitiveness and makes it easier for individuals to list properties. And make the case to Wall Street on unfair comparisons to 2021.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Airbnb Posts Best Quarter Yet on Relentless Travel Demand

Tourism

Colorado Voters to Decide on Redirecting Tourism Marketing Dollars to Communities

Expect more Colorado communities to introduce ballot measures that will divert funding raised through hotel taxes away from tourism promotion and back into communities. Next time it won't just be in the mountain communities.

Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago

Colorado Voters to Decide on Redirecting Tourism Marketing Dollars to Communities

Hotels

Upscale Hotels Plant Fake Reviews When High-End Vacation Rentals Come to Town

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That may be why high-end hotels tend to stop planting fake negative reviews about each other online once nicer short-term rentals start competing locally.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Upscale Hotels Plant Fake Reviews When High-End Vacation Rentals Come to Town

News Blog

Veteran Vrbo Exec Jeff Hurst Is Leaving as Expedia Poaches Another Googler

Longtime Vrbo executive Jeff Hurst, who was chief operating officer of Expedia brands and formerly Vrbo's president, is leaving the company. Jeff Hurst, a former Vrbo president, at an Expedia Group conference in Las Vegas in 2019. Source: Expedia Group. This follows the exit in September of John Kim, who was president of Expedia Marketplace,…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Online Travel

Tourism Economics Study Boosts Vacation Rentals and Downplays Local Concerns

Tourism and short-term rentals can be highly beneficial to some communities, but tourism boards and research firms for hire shouldn't view them as sacrosanct.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Tourism Economics Study Boosts Vacation Rentals and Downplays Local Concerns