9 injured in shooting at teen’s birthday party in Ohio rental home - Nearly 365 mass shootings recorded in US so far in 2025 involving four or more victimsA birthday party at a rented Ohio home turned violent early Sunday, with gunfire injuring nine teenagers. The chaotic scene saw guests flee...
Protesters in Europe march against over-tourism, target tourists with water gunsThousands protested across southern European cities, including Barcelona, Venice and Lisbon, against the detrimental effects of overtourism...
Spain blocks more than 65,000 Airbnb holiday rental listingsSpain's consumer rights ministry has directed Airbnb to remove over 65,000 holiday rental listings. The ministry stated that these listings...
OnlyFans star Lily Phillips may face Airbnb ban after hosting stunt with 100 men without property owner's consentA London Airbnb owner discovered his property was used by Lily Phillips, an OnlyFans star, for a controversial stunt involving 101 men. Phi...
A move by Hungary could end up costing tourists a lot more to visit BudapestHungary is taking steps to combat overtourism in Budapest by nearly quadrupling the tax on short-term rentals and freezing new licenses for...
This Spanish city is the latest to take a drastic step to curb overtourismSan Sebastian is not the first place in Europe to adopt similar actions. Spain's Palma de Mallorca outlawed Airbnb rentals in 2018. In 2023...
Airbnb is banning people who are “closely associated” with previously banned users. Here's whyAirbnb, which allows people to rent out their homes or stay in the homes of others, has a policy that restricts accounts of people who are ...
Airbnb to weigh 2021 listing on Silicon Valley ExchangeBy listing on the new exchange, Airbnb would be pledging to operate its business in a manner that complies with the exchange’s ESG standard...
Airbnb bans house parties worldwide, citing coronavirus mandates; to limit occupancyAirbnb said it may pursue legal action against guests and hosts who violate the ban. Last week, for the first time, Airbnb took legal actio...
Domestic travel rebounding strongly: Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder, AirbnbHit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing travel bans, Airbnb has raised $2 billion to tide over the crisis and slashed 25% of its work...
Homes are just the front door to Airbnb's 10-year business planAirbnb's CEO, who was in India over the weekend to launch the Trips business, said US President Donald Trump's travel ban went against his ...
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky gives a 5-star rating to India marketIndia will become one of Airbnb’s key revenue generators with the country’s young and rapidly expanding middle class spending big on travel...
India may become next country to impose strict guidelines on room aggregators like Oyo, AirbnbThe ministry of tourism is in discussions on guidelines for accrediting online platforms that have homestay owners and hotels registered wi...
Apple, Google, Facebook and other US tech giants file legal action over Donald Trump's travel banThe long list of enterprises looking to join the fight against Trump are among the country's biggest, most high-profile businesses like Ube...
Hotel industry seeks uniformity in regulationsThere have been multiple cases of exaggerated promises, misrepresentations, disagreements and conflicts with guests, hygiene issues and int...
Airbnb faces growing pains as it passes 100 million guestsWith a valuation of $30 bn, Airbnb is worth about 30 percent more than the world’s biggest hotel company, Hilton, and nearly eight times mo...
Being a part of the 'sharing economy'Sharing-economy flag-bearers like Uber, Airbnb andHomejoy give people easy, cheap access to products and services that would otherwise go u...