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Airbnb’s partnerships with FIFA and the IOC are accelerating a shift from traditional hotel-centric stays to flexible, community-based hosting.
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Airbnb has officially entered the hotel market, marking a significant strategic shift for a company once defined by spare rooms, local hosts and the promise of “living like a local”.
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Airbnb has said it wants to “aggressively” expand its hotel business, and Skift has found several job openings that point to a global scale: Postings include positions for managers covering the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and…
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Airbnb is changing its service fee structure from split to single fee, potentially positioning the company to compete with online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia and Booking.com. But not all affected will benefit. While it may give the…
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Airbnb, the house-sharing pioneer long synonymous with offering travelers alternatives to traditional hotels, is now making hotels a cornerstone of its growth strategy. The company’s second-quarter 2025 earnings release and subsequent analyst…
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Why Agentic Search Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules and How to Keep Up
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Now, in a courageous initiative set to shake up the tourism market, industry heavyweights with a background in tech are backing a bold new startup, DirectBooker. 
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Last summer, tourists in Barcelona were drenched by water pistols by local residents demonstrating against overtourism in their city. In Genoa, Italy, protesters carried out a “noisy stroll,” dragging suitcases through the city to make their…
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Travel operator hits back at Airbnb’s claim that it is being made a ‘scapegoat’ for problems in some holiday hotspots
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The property rental firm has announced a major expansion of its services as it aims to further challenge hotels.
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Artificial intelligence could end up closing down the world of travel as it increasingly limits results to a traveller’s known wants and desires as opposed to giving them fresh ideas.
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Remember when booking an Airbnb instead of a hotel was one of the best money-saving travel hacks? A lot has changed since then.
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The sharing economy in travel has seen remarkable growth, reaching a market size of $10.7 billion in the GCC alone by 2024. Lovrenc Kessler and Mohit Agrawal from Simon-Kucher discuss the trend and outline some of the strategic moves the hospitality…
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Accommodation rental giant wants to expand its experiences to offer services such as massages and private chefs.
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Airbnb is reportedly planning luxury offerings like personal chefs to entice travelers away from hotels…
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Jim Alderman, a 35-year industry veteran and former Radisson Hotel Group Americas CEO, has joined Airbnb‘s real estate team as head of residential development, where he will work with Jesse Stein, global head of real estate…
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 Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, announced on Friday that it will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly drastic move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs and make the city liveable for residents…
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First quarter financial figures from four of the largest online travel agencies in the world show Expedia Group, Booking Holdings, Airbnb and Trip.com Group opened 2024 much as they closed 2023 — a year in which they spent a record amount to promote…
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