Airbnb Spends More Than $8 Million in San Francisco Fight
Airbnb has mounted a massive campaign to defeat a San Francisco proposal that would severely impact its business model, hiring a former political strategist and spending more than $8 million in the process, More...
UPDATE: Airbnb to double bookings to 80 Million this year: Investors
In 2015, Airbnb, the short-term rental platform, will double its nightly bookings to about 80 million up from about 40 million in 2014, reports Reuters, citing “investors familiar with the company’s More...
‘Big pink’ house of Dylan fame available as vacation home
(CNN) If you are Bob Dylan’s biggest fan, this just might be the holiday home for you. The famous “big pink” house — the place where Dylan and The Band recorded the “Basement More...
Larry Gluck sues Chelsea tenants for Airbnb use
Larry Gluck’s Stellar Management is taking legal action against the market-rate tenants of a Chelsea building for allegedly renting out their apartment through Airbnb. A recent lawsuit claims that since More...
Airbnb: 1, 000 companies sign up for business travel
Airbnb, has signed 500 new companies to its Airbnb for Business program within 24 hours of launching the new global travel management suite on July 20. There are now more than 1, 000 businesses from over More...
Study: Airbnb pushing renters out of hot neighborhoods More than 20% of East Village apartments off the market, say housing advocates
Airbnb, beloved by tourists and “hosts, ” is bad for everyone else, pushing rental apartments off the market in hot neighborhoods, a new study by housing advocates finds. The most popular neighborhood More...
Thanks, Airbnb: New York’s Hottest New Hotel Is a Parked Van in Queens
Spending the night in a conversion van parked by the East River in Long Island City sounds like part of a horror film, but oh no, it’s “an awesome experience” that is being More...
Airbnb raises $1.5 billion at valuation of $25.5 billion
According to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb home-rental service, agreed to a $1.5 billion fundraising to boost the company’s valuation to $25.5 More...
Travel Site Hipmunk Floats Affiliate Partner Network
Hipmunk, the popular online travel company, has launched a new affiliate arm called Hipmunk Partner Nutwork (HPNut). The new business unit seeks to build a network of affiliate partner companies, enabling More...
Ari Teman Homeless Because of Airbnb Orgy
– – New York based comic Ari Teman can’t get anyone to rent him an apartment. This is because all of the New York landlords know about the orgy which was held in an apartment which he sublet More...