Airbnb Might Become an App You Use Every Day

http://fortune.com/2017/09/27/airbnb-experiences-daily-app-hotel/   Airbnb may become a headache for more than just traditional hoteliers and travel booking sites. That comes as the company has started thinking about day-to-day use of its app. Most recently, the startup has been expanding its “Experiences” offering, in which city locals lead Airbnb users through activities in a bid to create […]

Hotel developers in manufacturing zones are facing a new challenge

The Real Deal By Kathryn Brenzel 09.26.2017 Hotel developers in manufacturing zones are facing a new challenge https://therealdeal.com/2017/09/26/hotel-developers-in-manufacturing-zones-are-facing-a-new-challenge/ The city is moving forward with a zoning change that seeks to curb hotel development in areas zoned for light manufacturing. The proposed zoning change would require developers seeking to build hotels in M1 zones to go […]

Airbnb Offers Tours With New Yorkers (No Vacation Rental Required)

The New York Times By Shivani Vora 09.25.2017 Airbnb Offers Tours With New Yorkers (No Vacation Rental Required) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/travel/airbnb-tours-hosts-new-york.html?_r=0 In the grand debate over whether New Yorkers are inherently charming or churlish, Airbnb seems to be placing its bets on the former. The company is bringing Experiences, its service for travelers to book activities with […]

How the Hotel Industry Views Its Future (and Airbnb)

City Lab By Joe Pinsker 09.22.2017 How the Hotel Industry Views Its Future (and Airbnb) https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/09/how-the-hotel-industry-views-its-future-and-airbnb/540816/ When Jeff Weinstein stays at a hotel, he is no average guest. Every little detail gets his attention. He notices the finishes on the furniture and scrutinizes the room’s layout. “If I’m having a meal, I might turn over […]

The world’s biggest hotel chain is making big changes to defy the threat of Airbnb

http://www.businessinsider.com/marriott-wants-to-be-the-next-airbnb-2017-9   The hotel business is exploding. Over 80% of millennials, who famously value experiences over material things, are more likely to spend money on travel than save for their financial future. Still, the threat of home-sharing startups like Airbnb looms large over legacy hotel brands. But Marriott, the world’s largest hotel chain, has a solution to take […]

Airbnb Still Hopeful About China Despite Earlier Missteps

https://skift.com/2017/09/27/airbnb-still-hopeful-about-china-despite-earlier-missteps/ Airbnb co-founder and chief strategy officer Nathan Blecharczyk thinks the outbound Chinese travel market, where it might have an advantage over home-grown rival Tujia, is finally starting to pay off. After three or four years  of operating in China, and with approximately 100 employees in the country, Blecharczyk said Chinese travelers who are taking advantage of Airbnb’s […]

Concern for local tax collection with AirBnB

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2017/09/27/concern-local-tax-collection-airbnb/ MURRAY, KY – Have you ever rented an AirBnB? Starting Sunday, the company will automatically remit Kentucky’s 6 percent state sales tax to the Department of Revenue. It’s the visitor, not the host, who will end up paying the tax. Local tourism leaders say there are applicable local taxes, and they hope the local […]

Call Kurtis: How To Police Noise From Airbnbs

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/09/27/call-kurtis-how-to-police-noise-from-airbnbs/ SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — When Lisa Haley moved into a Midtown fourplex, she had no idea her property owner planned to turn the neighboring apartment into an Airbnb. Haley was not pleased. “There were strangers coming in and out at all times,” she said. Haley says some of the Airbnb guests were rowdy. “Literally partied […]

Local knowledge: Top destination for NYC Airbnb users is … NYC

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170927/REAL_ESTATE/170929895/airbnb-says-the-top-destination-for-new-york-users-is-nyc Photo: Sebastien Barre More than 2 million New York City residents used Airbnb to travel over the last year. Their top destination: New York City. A new study from Airbnb crunched a year’s worth of data beginning in August of 2016 and found that New Yorkers using the site were most likely to book accommodations […]

Dad finds Airbnb guest naked next to young daughter: police

https://nypost.com/2017/09/27/dad-finds-airbnb-guest-naked-next-to-young-daughter-police/ er Derrick Aaron KinchenHennepin County Sheriff  A man renting a room as an Airbnb guest allegedly tried to sexually assault a 7-year-old girl at a home in Minnesota, where the girl’s father found the creep lying naked next to his daughter in bed, prosecutors said. Derrick Aaron Kinchen, 28, of Lansing, Michigan, was scheduled […]