August 2016

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In May, we told you that visitors to the sold-out 100th race of the Indianapolis 500 were paying hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars for accommodation in Indy through Airbnb.Many took this as a sign that it was time to put their house,…

As big events fill Indianapolis hotels to capacity, Airbnb hosts are cashing in.Indianapolis was the second-fastest-growing market in the Midwest for Airbnb Inc. between July 2015 and June 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by…

Things are a bit risky for Airbnb in Berlin right now. In May, the local government made it illegal for residents to rent entire apartments to tourists. The law, called Zwecken-tfremdungsverbot, was intended to deal with rising…

Famous for its beaches, breathtaking mountains and spectacular carnival, the Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro is also famous around the world for its favelas.With seemingly chaotic clusters of houses, the hillside towns are associated with…

The city of Berlin just banned Airbnb because it was swallowing up long-term rentals and driving up prices. Paris is now struggling to temper the explosion of the rental site for the same reasons. SCOTT…

Hundreds of thousands tourists flock to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. In order to cope with the shortage of hotel accommodation, the city did the Airbnb online rental platform an official partner for games. The company now…

Bagging a luxurious vacation home in Rio in August would be next to impossible thanks to the Olympics, but if anyone can do it, they're a Victoria's Secret model. Brazilian VS Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima spent a week in…

MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Barcelona have stepped up crackdowns on homes illegally rented to tourists via roommate websites such as Airbnb, ordering hundreds of listings to be removed and fining businesses, while threatening more in…

Airbnb hosted models Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima during their time at the Rio Olympics, hosting each Brazilian beauty and her family in an Ipanema penthouse of their choice. Measuring over 5,000 square feet, Alessandra's four…

Skift take Despite all the challenges facing this year's Summer Games, first and foremost the lack of hotel rooms, the beauty of Airbnb's flexible sourcing program makes it ideal for major events like the Olympics. . Deanna Ting, Skift…

Airbnb, the “official alternative accommodation service” for the Olympics, has made a big investment in Rio and it is already paying off. A city that once lacked enough hotels and is living under the Brazilian recession has…

Hundreds of thousands of fans descend on Rio for the Olympics, but many do not check in at hotels. Instead, they crash into sofas and rent rooms, or even entire homes, from local residents to cut costs. Travelers looking…

The recently restored Chateau de Môh captures the languid luxury of the French countryside. It's lunchtime on a cold January day when I arrive at the Chateau de Môh. Moments after arriving at the estate - a restored 15th…

Liukin rents her apartment while she is in Rio to cover the Olympics.Through KATIE KINDELAN8 August 2016, 16:12• 5 minutes to readShare on FacebookShare on twitterEmail this article?? - Die-hard fans of the Olympics got the chance to…

Okay, so talking about Zika is everywhere. The carnival is over. And the Olympics are still a few months away. Stop there… and relax. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is still the perfect February escape thanks to long sunny days and average…

“I have a beautiful house and it's beautiful and it's downtown and it's pretty neat,” said Pappas, who is listed as a “superhost” on airbnb.com.“I will never be able to make a living from it. I don't intend to live on it, ”he said, adding…

Skift take What a lot of people don't understand about Airbnb is that it's not really about price, it's about product. Dan Peltier It's not just Rio de Janeiro hotel prices that are skyrocketing ahead of the Olympics. The Summer…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Apartment-sharing startup Airbnb has taken bookings from more than 66,000 visitors coming to this month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from upscale beachfront neighborhoods like Copacabana to the hillside slums of the…