Amsterdam rental report published by Airbnb amid short-term rental crackdown
Amsterdam: Airbnb has revealed landlords hosted 2.5 million overnight stays via its rental platform in Amsterdam in 2017. The landlords reportedly had 800,000 visitors, who stayed over three days on average – almost twice as long as the typical stay in a hotel or guest house that year, according to the company. Based on such […]
Short-term rental operator Sonder now master leasing at New Orleans’ Jung Hotel
United States: The short-term rental provider Sonder – now New Orleans’ largest single operator of vacation rentals – has master leased 111 apartments in the renovated Jung Hotel building. The deal with hotel developer Joe Jaeger’s MCC Group was closed in early September and no details surrounding the deal have been disclosed. Jaeger has retained […]
Las Vegas City Planning Commission votes to ban short-term rentals like Airbnb
Las Vegas: The Las Vegas City Planning Commission has voted in favour of banning short-term rentals such as Airbnb. The final result came in at four votes to three in favour of ban despite testimony from more than a hundred people who said the service was having a positive effect on the economy. One resident […]
Antitrust watchdog in Japan ends inspection into Airbnb operations
Japan: Japan’s antitrust watchdog has said that it has ended its inspection into the Japanese operations of Airbnb. It said the reason for closing the investigation was that the U.S. home-sharing platform provider had taken appropriate measures to eliminate any suspicions of wrongdoing. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) opened the probe because Airbnb had […]