Airbnb’s IPO roadshow, now in the Zoom waiting room
Airbnb’s IPO roadshow is looking more and more like a staycation. After filing confidential plans to go public last...
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Airbnb sues booking guest over unauthorized house party
Los Angeles and cities across California have been cracking down on short-term rental “party houses,” and now Airbnb is...
Airbnb has thousands of unregistered listings in LA, city charges
Thousands of Airbnb listings in Los Angeles were not registered, violating a sweeping ordinance the city passed last year...
Airbnb banked on short-term rentals. Can it continue without them?
Just over a year ago, Lyric was riding high. On the heels of a $160 million funding round led...
Airbnb executive to step down as startup revives IPO plans
Three weeks after detailing how Airbnb almost “lost everything” after the pandemic hit, CEO Brian Chesky is reviving plans...
Lisbon might have solved its Airbnb problem
The city of Lisbon launched a program this spring to get vacant short-term rental units back onto the long-term rental market, and landlords appear to be taking them up on it. The Portuguese capital...
Sonder raises $170M despite hospitality apocalypse
Hospitality startup Sonder has gone and raised $170 million, in the middle of an unprecedented hospitality downturn no less....
Airbnb agrees to give listing info to New York City
After more than a decade of war over home-rental listings, Airbnb and New York City have come to terms....
Long-term residents scooping up vacation rentals
A larger than usual number of vacation rental owners are looking to secure long term renters. At the same...
Venice landlord says city is using the coronavirus pandemic to settle a score
The Los Angeles City Council is trying to immediately shut down what it considers to be an illegal hotel...
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