August 2015

“Sharing economy” companies like Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit and others have become popular for bringing new types of work and, by association, additional income to people around the world. While earning a little money is helpful, an…

Skift take We are tired of stressing that developing smart tourism is a good idea and that all players - even tech players who like to think of themselves as a force for moral good - must participate in order to find the best ones.…

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's new mayor is battling home rental websites as she tries to crack down on runaway tourism which she says could drive out poor residents and spoil the charm of the Catalan capital.A man takes a selfie at Las…

AirBnB superhost in Bangkok, Kelly Kampen, yesterday made public his allegedly unjustified dismissal from the hosting service. Kelly Kampen, the Superhost who featured on Huffington Post in January, spilled the bean in a blog post…

<!---->Los Angeles has proven to be quite favorable to the app economy. It has agreed to share information with traffic app company Waze, and this will likely allow Uber to start picking up passengers at LAX, despite some…

Another week another horror story about the sharing economy making someone somewhere in the world a victim. This time it's the story of 19-year-old Jacob Lopez who traveled to Madrid and rented a room from an Airbnb host who turned out…

A 19-year-old Massachusetts man speaks out hoping his story involving an alleged sexual assault by an Airbnb host will prompt others to take precautions before using the service.Jacob Lopez claims he was locked in a room by his Airbnb host…

The apparent safety of Airbnb, the groundbreaking website that allows people to rent properties to travelers online, has again been called into question after an American teenager was sexually assaulted in a listed apartment.Some 50 million…

The New York Times possesses the story of how Airbnb handled a recent emergency at one of its rentals in Madrid, Spain, and it's not good. In fact, it's basically a horror movie brought to life. On July 4 this year, Micaela Giles…

US tourist claims he was held captive and sexually assaulted by transgender host Airbnb in Spain Jacob Lopez, 19, claims the assault happened on July 4 in Madrid, SpainIt was hosted by someone who was born a man but lives as a…

Mr Lopez ended up in Madrid in the first place because he had such a great experience with Brazilian hosts Airbnb in 2014. His Madrid host told him to meet her at a metro exit near his residence.When they got to her apartment and she locked…

A San Diego woman may have to pay more than $15,000 to rent rooms in her home through the Airbnb home-sharing website despite a city order to cease operations. On August 5, an administrative hearing officer ruled that Rachel…

As the capital of the European Union, Brussels has a reputation for being button-up and a bit boring. While you could spend all your bucks on visiting the city's bohemian bourgeois hotspots, there is an affordable side to Brussels, if…

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