Articles tagged “short-term rentals”

Online Travel

Airbnb Fined for Misleading Australian Consumers

Airbnb will offer compensation worth about $154 per customer. Remember, Airbnb: That's $230 in Australian dollars.

Sean O'Neill | 1 week ago

Airbnb Fined for Misleading Australian Consumers

Travel Technology

Google Bard’s Gemini Upgrade: We Tested it for Travel

The updated version of Bard did well with some travel tasks, particularly finding flight options, but its answers still need to be taken with a grain of salt.

Justin Dawes | 3 weeks ago

Google Bard’s Gemini Upgrade: We Tested it for Travel
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Online Travel

Booking vs. Google in Travel AI

No one truly knows how generative AI will shake up the travel industry. Will Google stick with advertising instead of booking? Meanwhile, Booking feels it has advantages as a booking site.

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

Booking vs. Google in Travel AI

Hotels

‘No Hidden Fees’ Is Latest Bill in U.S. Congress to Target Hotel Junk Fees

When a hotel rate appears in Google Search or on an online platform will it include the junk fee that makes it more expensive than a rival? That's what's a stake in these bills for the travel industry.

Dennis Schaal | 4 weeks ago

‘No Hidden Fees’ Is Latest Bill in U.S. Congress to Target Hotel Junk Fees

News Blog

Numa Buys Dutch Rival YAYS Group

Berlin-based hospitality brand Numa Group has acquired Dutch aparthotels operator YAYS Group from Proprium Capital Partners. The companies did not disclose details of the deal.  But the deal was likely funded with Numa's latest fundraising round in September. Numa raised $59 million and said the funds will be used for expansion across Europe.  Together the…

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 1 month ago

Short-Term Rentals

Choice Hotels on Extended Stay Versus Short-Term Rentals: Interview

Choice Hotels doesn't consider private equity entrants as competition, but as potential collaborators.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 1 month ago

Choice Hotels on Extended Stay Versus Short-Term Rentals: Interview

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Airbnb’s AI Acquisition Paid Partially in Stock Valued Above $100 Million

Airbnb made public filings on Tuesday showing that its acquisition of AI company GamePlanner.AI was paid partially with stock valued at about $104.5 million.  The filings said that the company is offering 877,062 shares and the two largest recipients were listed as Adam Cheyer (337,652 shares) and Siamak Hodjat (245,565).  Cheyer and Hodjat are the…

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

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Miami Startup Launches Vacation Rentals Crowdfunding Platform

Miami startup Foothold.co has launched a real estate crowdfunding platform for investing in luxury vacation rentals. Following SEC compliance and the finalization of its online investment processing platform, Foothold.co allows both accredited and non-accredited investors, starting from $200.  Foothold was founded in September 2022 after raising capital to invest in real estate for private investors,…

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 2 months ago

Online Travel

Despegar Sees Brazil Gains After Alleged Airline Ticket Ponzi Scheme Goes Bust

Brazil is a huge market, as are airline tickets, for Despegar. A rival with an alleged Ponzi scheme for selling airline tickets wasn't really fair competition.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Despegar Sees Brazil Gains After Alleged Airline Ticket Ponzi Scheme Goes Bust

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Booking Holdings Is Compensating Hosts and Partners for Payments Failure

The problem surfaced in late Summer — Booking.com's short-term rental hosts in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America cited financial hardships because the company wasn't paying them for guest stays. A condo hotel that was listed on Booking.com. Source: Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel told financial analysts last week during Booking Holdings' third quarter earnings call that…

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago