Visa and Airbnb announce women-led MSBs programme
China: Visa and Airbnb announced their cooperation on a programme supporting women-led micro and small businesses (MSBs). The Beijing 2022 and Women Programme, initiated by Visa, hopes to improve the country’s internal capabilities in the run up to the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Airbnb has created the Airbnb Rural Empowerment Toolkits for the […]
SNP to fast track short-term let control areas in Scotland
UK: The SNP has announced its intent to fast-track the introduction of short-term let control areas in Scotland before the next set of Hollyrood elections. Lawmakers have been pushing for expedited measures since a study was published claiming only one in 477 short-term lets in the city of Edinburgh had proper permits. The report, authored […]
Airbnb turns down SPAC merger with billionaire investor Ackman
US: It has been revealed that Airbnb turned down the offer of a merger with a blank-cheque / special purpose acquisition company [SPAC] owned by billionaire investor Bill Ackman as it preferred to go down the traditional initial public offering [IPO] route. Bloomberg reported the news, following the announcement in August that the home-sharing platform […]