Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Airbnb dropping their NYC lawsuit is the latest move in its rocky relationship. The burden now lies on New York hosts to understand their exposure.

Over the last 18 months Wyndham has been supplementing its vacation rental offering with acquisitions in what we would call the alternative accommodation market. The investments in Veeve and Wimdu are just the latest indications of how seriously it is taking this segment.

These are the hospitality trends we were talking about this week.

Most start-ups lose money, at least in the early stages. Before it was acquired by Accor, Onefinestay's most recent set of accounts show that it was burning through cash at a considerable rate and that its business was suffering as a result of attacks in Europe.

Online hotel bookings remain much more valuable than online short-term rental bookings and will see larger long-term online growth as more travelers use their devices to book a room and move away from alternative booking methods.

If you want a deeper dive into Airbnb's larger strategy and vision, given the company's big product launch earlier this month, read on.

What can Airbnb learn from hotels and what can hotels learn from Airbnb? Watch this video to find out.

Let's just hope both sides can eventually reach a compromise in this ongoing saga between Airbnb and lawmakers in New York.

While Kutcher played defense, Paltrow gushed — and revealed similar plans for her own newly launched travel app.

Goodbye, Pineapple. Hello, Airbnbmag.