Airbnb is taking on the tourism industry by offering travellers excursions and experiences hosted by locals, an ambitious expansion which will allow people to plan entire trips through the home-sharing site…

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed one of the most stringent restrictions on short-term rentals in the country Tuesday, barring hosts from having paying guests in a room, house or entire apartment for more than 60 days a year…

The issue came up while council considered a re-zoning application for the next phase of the Dockside Green development in Vic West…

New Orleans, nicknamed The Big Easy, has achieved something very hard — it managed to nail down a few rules for the sharing economy…

After years of refusing to help San Francisco craft a mandatory registration system for hosts, Airbnb told the San Francisco Chronicle this week that it will work with the city to do so…

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors is expected to weigh stringent new limits curtailing short-term rentals in a private home to no more than 60 days a year. Currently people renting rooms to travelers can do so 365 days a year, while whole-home rentals are capped at 90 days. And last week, a federal judge indicated that […]

Outside the brightly decorated lobby of the 32-storey condominium tower at 600 Fleet St. stands artist Douglas Coupland’s statue of a giant British toy soldier standing over a fallen invading Yankee, commemorating the War of 1812. Inside, the building’s security team these days has been dealing with another, more covert invasion: tourists and partiers trying […]

The incident in the Upper Beaches in September is a ‘clear example’ of the need for regulation, says the Fairbnb coalition…

“Unregulated hotels operated in residential properties are disruptive to communities and pose serious safety concerns for guests and neighbors.”…

Airbnb’s report on housing in the City of Toronto has confirmed the negative impact of entire home listings on the housing stock in Toronto, but the company is attempting to minimize the scope of that impact. Illustrated by this quote in the Globe and Mail:…