Airbnb Inc and New York state are in talks to resolve a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it says could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday…

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

Prof. Smith’s study indicated that only 4 per cent of visitors said they would not have come to Vancouver if they couldn’t book specifically through Airbnb…

The Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association argues some hosts on the popular room-sharing website Airbnb are operating like businesses and should have to register for a licence, and pay the same fees as the hotel industry…

Airbnb and New York state are in talks to resolve a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it says could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday…

Following a discrimination lawsuit last month, Airbnb brought on former Attorney General Eric Holder to work on crafting a new policy…New caveats to the company’s mandatory terms of service are aimed at eliminating discriminatory behavior by hosts or renters along the lines of race, gender, nationality, age, sexual identity and orientation, disability, and religion…”You commit […]

Airbnb and Uber are, far and away, the two poster children for digital businesses disrupting physical-world industries in deep ways. As such, it is unsurprising that they have been reaping all the growth, value, attention and regulatory scrutiny that comes when scalable marketplaces hit up against large and entrenched industries…

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:…

As part of the City Institute’s “City Seminar Series”, a panel will critically address the impact of short-term rentals or ‘ghost hotels’ in Toronto. Panelists will discuss how platforms facilitating short-term rentals, such as AirBnB, affect housing affordability, decent work in the hospitality sector, and residential living in the city. The panel will also discuss […]

  Coalition: Comparing Airbnb’s “entire homes” to City’s entire housing stock compares apples with oranges (TORONTO) Today, Airbnb released a report titled “Airbnb, Housing, and the City of Toronto” in which the embattled short-term rental platform tries to disassociate itself from Toronto’s affordable housing crisis. “Comparing the number of entire homes and apartments for rent […]