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Articles tagged “sonder”

Online Travel

Airbnb Rallies Hosts Against Pending Chicago Ban on Single-Night Stays

Airbnb has bigger concerns than the scenario of one more big city, Chicago, that is potentially tightening its short-term rental restrictions. But such an action certainly wouldn't help.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Airbnb Rallies Hosts Against Pending Chicago Ban on Single-Night Stays

Online Travel

Expedia and Airbnb Bosses Have Conflicting Visions About the Future of Travel

Sometimes CEO views of where online travel is headed seem more about the capabilities of their companies than anything else. Will pandemic-induced travel preferences make for dominant trends five or 10 years from now? Highly doubtful.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Expedia and Airbnb Bosses Have Conflicting Visions About the Future of Travel

Coronavirus

Sonder to Raise $200 Million in Funding for Its Hotel and Short-Term Rental Model

Sonder is now the second unicorn in the short-term rental and hotel sector after Airbnb. At this rate, Sonder will IPO before Airbnb.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Sonder to Raise $200 Million in Funding for Its Hotel and Short-Term Rental Model

Coronavirus

Expedia Shuts a Short-Term Rental Biz It Created From 2 Acquisitions

Expedia Group is trying to simplify its far-flung operations, and its multifamily, short-term rental business wasn't a core endeavor. That's especially true when you consider how Covid-19 has decimated demand for such properties in urban areas.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Expedia Shuts a Short-Term Rental Biz It Created From 2 Acquisitions

Hotels

Short-Term Rentals a Key Factor in Sluggish Hotel Rate Growth

U.S. hoteliers are finding their pricing options constrained because of an influx of both short-term rental supply during peak periods, and because of hotel construction. Hoteliers may decide to get into the short-term rental market or not, but they increasingly have to take it into account when fine-tuning pricing strategies.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 4 years ago

Short-Term Rentals a Key Factor in Sluggish Hotel Rate Growth

Hotels

Sonder Adds Former Starwood Hotels CEO to Board

Adding someone as experienced as Frits van Paasschen to its board is a sure sign that Sonder is serious about making a big leap forward in 2020.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago

Sonder Adds Former Starwood Hotels CEO to Board

Hotels

Latest Funding for The Guild Showcases New Housing Model for Business Travelers

The Guild, a hospitality startup, is not quite a hotel but not quite Airbnb. It's betting on $25 million in new funding to expand its apartment-like accommodations to urban centers to attract more business travelers.

Nancy Trejos, Skift | 4 years ago

Latest Funding for The Guild Showcases New Housing Model for Business Travelers

Hotels

Sonder Puts Hilton and Marriott in Its Sights as It Moves Into Hotel Business

CEO Francis Davidson is clearly very, very ambitious — and has identified a path for Sonder to go on and challenge the very biggest names in hospitality.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago

Sonder Puts Hilton and Marriott in Its Sights as It Moves Into Hotel Business

Hotels

Short-Term Rental Managers Look to Data for Smarter Pricing

Nowhere is the need for a more tech-driven, business-oriented model for setting rates more clear than with short-term rental property management companies. Several startups aim to supercharge rate-setting with data-powered insights. But there's probably too many of these young companies for them to all survive long-term.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Short-Term Rental Managers Look to Data for Smarter Pricing

Online Travel

StayPlease Raises Funds to Expand ‘Slack for Hotels’: Travel Startup Funding This Week

This week’s travel startups, including Sonder, StayPlease, and Bolt, released a series of funding announcements, many of them for undisclosed amounts.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 5 years ago

StayPlease Raises Funds to Expand ‘Slack for Hotels’: Travel Startup Funding This Week