England plans tourist tax on overnight stays, with no cap on ratesVisitors staying in hotels, holiday rentals and other accommodation in England could face a tourist tax of around 5% under plans to give ma...
19 Sep, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
Spain removes 53,000 illegal tourist flats from rental platformsSpain is taking action on illegal tourist rentals. Over 53,000 flats failed to meet national rules. These properties will now become perman...
18 Sep, 2025, 01.34 PM IST
Airbnb guests slammed with new $75 fee, but this legal loophole could save your family bigOcean City, New Jersey, will add a 3% fee to vacation rentals booked via online platforms. This impacts sites like Airbnb and Vrbo. The new...
24 Jul, 2025, 05.09 AM IST
India's first time millennial, Gen Z bookers present a vast, untapped opportunity: Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb co-founder and chief strategy officerAirbnb in India saw a 30% increase in bookings in 2023, emphasizing unique stays. Nathan Blecharczyk highlighted collaborations to boost lo...
02 May, 2024, 11.21 PM IST
Airbnb agrees to pay $621 million to settle a tax dispute in ItalyShort-term rental platform Airbnb has agreed to pay 576 million euros ($621 million) to settle a years-long dispute over unpaid taxes in It...
15 Dec, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Welcome to Hochatown, the town created by AirbnbBefore the pandemic, Hochatown had roughly 400 cabins for rent on Airbnb. There are now more than 2,400 -- a staggering 413% increase in fi...
15 Nov, 2023, 09.52 AM IST
EU court rules Airbnb must provide rental info to tax authoritiesThe ruling comes in response to a challenge from Airbnb to an Italian law from 2017 requiring Airbnb and other short-term rental sites to f...
22 Dec, 2022, 05.40 PM IST
EU wants Airbnb, rivals to share bookings data with authoritiesThe EU executive's proposal comes as popular tourist destinations such as Paris, Venice and Barcelona blame Airbnb for aggravating housing ...
07 Nov, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia steps down after 14 yearsGebbia, who formed Airbnb more than a decade ago, wrote a letter to employees, saying he will remain on the board of directors but will tra...
22 Jul, 2022, 12.15 PM IST
Blitzscaling can take your portfolio valuation up quickly, but you can fall badly tooBesides startups, many new areas are now actively deploying blitzscaling. Hindi movie distribution is one such area — the release is hyped ...
09 May, 2022, 03.46 PM IST
Airbnb joins vacation-rental sites seeing surge in summer demandSince the pandemic began, the percentage of bookings on Airbnb within 200 miles has grown from a third in February to more than 50% in May.
08 Jun, 2020, 09.23 AM IST
Hit by Covid, Airbnb tweaks travel rules; opts for 24-hr vacancy between bookings, pre-approved cleaning productsAirbnb is introducing a new “enhanced cleaning initiative” effective today.
01 May, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
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...
04 Mar, 2017, 12.36 AM IST
Home-sharing websites like Airbnb, Zeus Living mired in eviction feudsWebsites like Airbnb held responsible for reduced supply of flats for poor and moderate-income tenants in many cities.
28 Dec, 2016, 11.45 AM IST
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...
12 Jul, 2016, 10.18 AM IST
Mayors worldwide align in response to Airbnb, Uber for a unified rule bookRepresentatives for cities that also includes Athens, Barcelona and Toronto, have started their first concerted effort to produce a common ...
22 Jun, 2016, 06.41 AM IST
Total addressable travel market in India will be $40 billion by 2020: Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder, AirbnbWorld’s largest marketplace for accommodation Airbnb sees India as a $40 billion travel market by 2020.
05 May, 2016, 11.54 AM IST