October 2020

An app from a Silicon Valley startup uses new technology to count the number of people in a home, and it's offering its services to help Airbnb hosts protect their short-term rentals from parties that have become a bane for the home.…

BStarting November 1, international flights from 25 cities, including six U.S. cities, will be allowed to return to Peru, while the South American country and its former Inca citadel Machu Picchu will reopen after being closed for seven…

Note: As parks, stores and local events reopen across the province, Santé Quebec is reminding individuals to monitor their health for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. If you are not feeling well, they recommend that you stay home at this…

Artist visa makes moving to Berlin incredibly easyCitizens within The European Schengen area are allowed to live and work in Germany, but a non-EU Canadian citizen like me needs a residence permit. Germany offers such permits to employees,…

United Kingdom: professional management company Airbnb Pass the keys added new franchises in popular short-term rental destinations across the UK including the Lake District, New Forest and Christchurch. As a result, the company has…

United States: Airbnb has hired several lawyers, formerly of the legal division of the technology company Poly, in preparation for the IPO of the company Later this year. He hired Mary Huser as general counsel for risk and regulation,…

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — In an effort to entice more short-term rental operators to register with the city, costly penalties could soon be imposed on non-compliant properties. It was one of several changes Norfolk City Council…

Sometimes an Airbnb is just a clean room in someone's house, equipped with the essentials. Other times, it's a cultural and historical masterpiece that seems to transcend time and space. When retired teachers Peter and Ann Jordan decided…

One of the converted grain elevators at Gathered OaksPhoto by Sabrina Benning Co.In the city of Alexandria in west-central Minnesota, a quiet lakeside Airbnb has gone viral.A local real estate agent stood outside the property adjacent to…

With the increase in travel and tourism throughout Latin America, Casai, a startup combining the rental of individual Airbnb units with hotel room amenities, has raised $ 23 million to expand its business in Latin America. The company,…

A Kasa rental in Austin, Texas. Kasa Kasa Living, a startup that offers short-term rentals in hotels and multi-family properties, has raised $ 30 million in Series B funding to improve its software and streamline…

Spain: Airbnb has partnered with Spanish home automation start Roomonitor will launch a program that will distribute noise detectors to its guests in Madrid and Barcelona. Thanks to the program, a group of hosts in Madrid and Barcelona…

Reservations are now open for Carnival Celebration, the new Carnival Cruise Line ship that will debut in November 2022 as part of the 50e birthday. A sister of the first XL class ship in the line, Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration…

Bback in August Airbnb announced a global ban on all parties and events in Airbnb listings, while limiting occupancy of its vacation homes to 16 people. The party ban is still in effect on all Airbnb bookings going forward and will remain…