September 2018

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Online rental marketplace Airbnb on Friday rejected a claim by a major French hotel association that it is a real estate agent and should be subject to ownership rules in a case that could affect other online…

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But that doesn't guarantee success, and today an Airbnb clone found out the hard way. Wimdu, a startup originally born out of the Rocket Internet startup factory in Berlin and…

Nights spent in Budapest via Airbnb increased by 35%, reaching almost 1.5 million last year according to published figures Wednesday by the real estate services company…

Occupational Health and Safety are investigating the death of a four-year-old boy who was injured in a swing accident while staying at an Airbnb in Queensland's Sunshine Coast outback this weekend. end. A Queensland Ambulance Service…

Residents of Prague's central district have started a petition to prevent the spread of Airbnb properties in the heart of the city. Among other things, residents of the Old Town of the capital of the Czech Republic complain…

Breadcrumb Links West Island Gazette Pierrefonds is preparing to adopt a regulation that will modify the definition of short-term tourist rentals and restrict the location of these rentals. Some West Island…

A British couple experienced a vacationer's worst nightmare when they discovered a spy camera pointed at their bed in an Airbnb apartment. Dougie Hamilton shared that the camera was hidden in a digital clock which itself looked suspicious…

PARIS -- Paris is one of Airbnb's largest markets in the world, with approximately 65,000 homes listed on its website. But Ian Brossat, responsible for housing at the town hall, takes no pride in such a distinction.He was the face of the…

Paris official Ian Brossat has spoken out against home rental services which he says are forcing residents out of the main city.He told local newspaper Le Parisien: "Over the past five years, we have seen the loss of 20,000 homes, mainly in…

ORLANDO, Florida - Two months ago, a new order went into effect in the city of Orlando requiring people to register if they want to rent out part of their home on websites, like Airbnb. So far, the city says less than 1% of estimated…