When Jay Brinkmann retired to New Orleans in 2014, after spending 40 years away focusing on his career as an economist and business executive, he came back with a goal in mind: to renovate and upkeep one of the city’s historic landmarks…

“Dolores Park, Whole Foods… everything’s around here,” says real estate Broker Bill Harkins as he introduces possible tenants to 283 Dolores Street in a video tour of the space. But what’s going on at this address, which Harkins’s ad on Craigslist pitches as a potential “Tech Incubator” or “Airbnb Cash Cow?”…

In the teeny-tiny village of Joshua Tree, California, population 7,000, there are more than 200 vacation rentals on Airbnb. Travelers can also rent a vacation getaway through VRBO and HomeAway, or “camp” on someone else’s property through HipCamp. Just this month, a new option for the tech-minded traveler popped up there: small pods that nature-lovers can rent that include […]

A new city ordinance that requires property owners to register for a permit before renting out their homes on websites such as Airbnbtook effect on Aug 1…

Marketing the benefits of “living like a local” avoids the reality that most visitors live like a tourist…

Is a new startup harming Airbnb’s business?

Mountain View police are warning residents that a growing number of criminals are using Airbnb as a way to burglarize homes in the Bay Area, including a recent heist earlier in the Old Mountain View neighbourhood…

WILMINGTON — In just eight years, San Francisco-based Airbnb Inc. has helped thousands of people across the globe turn their private homes into hotel rooms…

Airbnb seems “set down the path of acting more like an OTA or a tour operator” after its first foray into selling flights, industry experts have warned…

We live in a world where technology is disrupting old business models. Whether it be Uber, Deliveroo or Airbnb – the web has broken down the layers between consumers and service providers with both positive and negative consequences, depending on where you sit in the chain…