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by Lee Friday via Mises City Council in London, Ontario recently decided to explore their options for regulating “short-term rentals” arranged through companies such as Airbnb, HomeAway, etc. The motion was brought forward by Councillor … Read more
The call came about 10 minutes before we were set to check into the Airbnb. I was sitting at a brewery just around the corner from the rental on North … Read more
Airbnb has confirmed it plans to go public next year, ending a long period of speculation about when the disruptive accommodation platform would float on the stock exchange. The company, … Read more
Josh Sigurdson reports on the recent imprisonment of a man in Nashville, Tennessee who rented his own home out through Airbnb for paying guests without a permit. Layton Jones listed … Read more
via inc: In 2018, 188 IPOs raised more than $45 billion, the biggest year for the markets since 2014. It’s looking like 2019 could be even bigger–especially when it comes to a dearth … Read more
via CybergothiChe: There is a housing crisis in Australia’s apple isle, Tasmania. It is part of a greater plan to use Australia as a lifeboat for humanity when society in the … Read more
by stockboardasset Airbnb Inc. has taken a page straight from the Peter Thiel playbook of litigation funding. Thiel, an American billionaire, secretly funded Hulk Hogan’s privacy case against now-defunct Gawker Media. … Read more
The trend in its European markets is not Airbnb’s friend. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Airbnb has a big problem on its hands in Europe, its … Read more
Amid a blossoming backlash against mass tourism. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Spain’s eighth largest city by population, Palma, made history this week by becoming the … Read more
You may have heard of Airbnb and how it has grown and gathered momentum since its inception. Exactly how big is the threat from this relative newbie to the accommodation … Read more