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Ground Transport

Airbnb's Latest Service Expansion: Rides From the Airport

Pre-booking rides to your Airbnb or hotel may ease the journey when arriving in an unfamiliar destinations, but there doesn't seem to be anything Airbnb-ish about the new service partnership. Maybe Airbnb gets less unique as it grows?

Dennis Schaal | 1 day ago

A render of the man-made Palm Jebel Ali island in Dubai.

Short-Term Rentals

UAE Holiday Homes Slash Prices as Demand Collapses

1 week ago

An Airbnb host in a living room standing.

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Appoints Former Uber Safety Exec as Global Head of Operations

3 weeks ago

Hotels

ChatGPT Checkout Retreat, Expedia Reset and UAE STR Cancellations

3 weeks ago

MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Hotels

Airbnb Faces World Cup Shortfall in NYC — New Jersey Is Dominating

3 weeks ago

Short-Term Rentals

Indonesia’s Short-Term Rentals Operators Confused By New Rules

Regulating short-term rentals is easier on paper than in practice. Indonesia’s biggest challenge may be enforcement, especially when most properties seem likely to fail to meet current licensing requirements.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 4 weeks ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s ‘One-Stop-Shop’ Plan to Own Your Entire Trip

Mission creep? Nope, Airbnb is intentionally reverting to its pre-pandemic ambitions and expanding beyond homes and even hotels to fill in the "entire trip."

Dennis Schaal | 4 weeks ago

Tourists taking photos during a bus tour in Dubai

Hotels

Iran War Causing Sharp Shock To UAE Travel

Operators brace for a short-term slowdown in tourism and F&B revenue amid blanket cancellations and airspace closures.

Deepthi Nair | 4 weeks ago

Short-Term Rentals

Vrbo Guests Can Pay Fees to Get Refunds When Rain Ruins a Stay

Vrbo is testing a new way to give travelers peace of mind with a weather-guarantee option powered by WeatherPromise.

Clara Awuse | 1 month ago

An EV charger shown at the Cambria Nashville Airport Choice Hotels International

Ground Transport

Airbnb Is Testing Airport Pickups. Are Flights Next?

Airbnb likely sees how flights are driving Booking Holdings' connected-trip vision. The timing is unclear, but it needs flights if it wants to be a true "travel concierge."

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Airbnb guests standing and talking in a doorway of a home in Cape Town, South Africa.

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Tests Loyalty Benefits. Chesky Says Program ‘Could Be a Massive Accelerant’

In 2018, Airbnb had a "superguest" loyalty plan in the works to reward frequent guests with premium benefits, but it never came to be. Might the loyalty benefits being tested resurrect some of those plans?

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky speaking on stage

Hotels

Airbnb’s Hotel Strategy Is Now ‘Much Bigger’

There is absolutely no doubt that eventually Airbnb will take on Booking.com head-on in homes and hotels. But then what will set the two rivals apart?

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Short-Term Rentals

Casago Power Shift Sparks Franchisee Exit Talk

The Vacasa acquisition may be executing on paper, but governance shifts at the top are creating unease among franchisees. In a franchise model, perception and confidence can matter as much as financial restructuring.

Wil Slickers | 2 months ago

Online Travel

Chesky Disses Rivals’ Chatbots — Calls Airbnb’s AI ‘Impossible to Replicate’

In an era when speed to market is a given, Chesky is arguing that nice and easy does it will win the day. It would be better to say, "We are behind in our AI development, but we are confident that we will get to where we need to be."

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Short-Term Rentals

Kindred Raised $125 Million in Funding to Expand Home-Swapping Platform

Kindred's challenge is to help take home-swaps from a niche market into a more mainstream product.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago