New York City's crackdown on Airbnb has been a jackpot for hotels. After the city effectively banned most short-term rentals ...

Regulations mostly exist to protect incumbent businesses from protection. New York City's recent AirBnB ban is the latest example.

Airbnb claimed to have made marketshare gains against hotels in 2024, and to be doing likewise in its competition with Vrbo.

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At a time when available hotel rooms are hard to come by, New York City’s new rules for short-term rentals like those on Airbnb and Vrbo are likely to push hotel booking rates higher. In July ...

It’s a win for the industry, which expects per-hotel-room profits to bump as much as 5% now that key competition’s been banned, and for the hotel unions, which obsess about Airbnb as a ...

While Sonder is in direct competition with Airbnb, hotels, and other short-term rental companies, what sets them apart may not prove to have been enough of a competitive and comparative advantage.

However, as society normalizes from the COVID-19 pandemic, the price point between a reputable hotel and an Airbnb-facilitated unit may steadily get closer to parity.In addition, ABNB stock may ...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky thinks hosts on his platform should lower their prices. "We want prices to move and to be more competitive vis-à-vis a hotels—that is really important," said Chesky.

French firm Bredin Prat is defending the U.S. short-term lodging rental platform against a hotel trade group's litigation seeking €1.5 million in damages for "unfair competition" and major ...

Airbnb said that, at launch, it will have 10 categories of services available in 260 cities around the world, with more to be added in the future. Those include spa treatments, hair and make-up ...