City Council is decided tonight that renters should pay lodging taxes, something that hotels already do. The issue came to City Council’s attention after the fatal shooting of an ODU student at an Airbnb rental in April. Although this is a worse case scenario, city officials say it shows why this issue is about more than […]

As Nashville struggles to enforce the city’s new Airbnb regulations and permit process, the Metro Council on Tuesday took action to eliminate one restriction that has raised First Amendment issues…

The fate of Airbnb in Barcelona is up in the air, as city authorities ordered the removal of hundreds of listings and levied fines against the home-sharing startup. It’s also threatening to take more severe action if Airbnb doesn’t comply with local regulations…

Responding to a growing number of claims that many Airbnb hosts are refusing to rent their homes or rooms to African-American travelers, black entrepreneur Rohan Gilkes is launching Innclusive.com, an alternative peer-to-peer accommodations website…

On one hand, it’s easy to understand why these companies choose to stay private. The additional costs, regulatory requirements, and administrative hassles of listing on the stock market are immense. What’s less understandable, though, is why U.S. policymakers are quiet about this. Most countries require privately held companies above a certain size threshold to publicly disclose their audited accounts, […]

Airbnb Inc. is pressing ahead with plans to expand into new travel services including restaurant reservations and city tours, transforming the company from a single-minded home-rental service to a multipurpose trip planner. The company is testing a standalone mobile app for finding and organizing travel plans, highlighting the importance of the initiative to the company.

Here is a very bad piece of news for hotels: Airbnb is hurting them on their most profitable nights…

A prime focus is the $500 million sharing economy, which includes services provided through companies such as Airbnb and Uber. Deloitte Access …

The federal government’s key tax adviser and the Australian Taxation Office have launched a fresh assault on the burgeoning cash economy, including considering sanctions for people who operate outside the tax system built up around technology disrupters Airbnb and Uber…

The rules are quite clear: If you rent a bed in the city of Dallas, you owe the city of Dallas some money — what’s called a hotel occupancy tax. That means everyone: “hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts and short-term vacation rentals,” according to City Hall. And that includes people who rent out rooms or apartments or whole houses […]