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Airbnb

🌎 airbnb.com

Airbnb is an online platform that connects hosts who want to rent out their homes with guests looking for accommodations. Founded in 2007, it has grown to over 5 million hosts and has facilitated over 1.5 billion guest arrivals worldwide. The platform offers a variety of unique stays and experiences, allowing guests to connect with local communities authentically.

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Updates as of Sep 12, 2024

• Luis Cuesta tweeted that a new initiative in Mexico City aims to limit the use of properties for rent through Airbnb.
• The High Court struck down the EV car tax, raising concerns about the new Airbnb tax by Tim Pallas.
• Fannie Boulanger has joined Airbnb as Chief Procurement Officer in the United States, previously serving in a similar role at another company.
• Airbnb reported that New York City's strict short-term rental regulations have failed to deliver on their intended outcomes.
• Airbnb is offering rentals in illegally occupied territories.

• The Anchorage Assembly voted to require Airbnb and Vrbo to provide data on short-term rentals in the city.
• Airbnb's Chief Technology Officer Aristotle N. Balogh sold $69,900 worth of shares, decreasing his direct ownership by 0.30% to 197,044 units.
• In Terézváros, over 700 Airbnb listings are operating illegally without proper permits or exceeding their licensed capacity.
• A £190-a-night Airbnb in Aberfeldy has been ordered to shut after a former councillor raised concerns about its impact on a neighbouring tenant.
• Residents of Terézváros can vote until September 15 on whether the local government, led by Tamás Soproni, should ban Airbnb rentals in the district.
• Airbnb, Inc. was sued by Calvin Patterson and Kerry Peterson in the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on September 9, 2024.
• Greece has banned new Airbnbs for one year in central Athens to address the housing crisis.
• Inverness councillors are considering control zones for short-term lets like Airbnb due to housing shortages and reduced hotel occupancy.
• Airbnb is currently hiring for the position of Marketing Lead in Italy.
• Airbnb has called for Cornwall Council to be given more data, powers, and tools to regulate short-term rentals and supports a registration scheme for holiday lets.
• Airbnb has re-opened host signups for new experiences after a year-and-a-half pause and deleted 5,000 subpar listings.
• The stricter regulations for Airbnb listings in Lucerne will take effect from January 1, 2025, despite ongoing court proceedings.
• Airbnb, Inc. filed a notice of removal to transfer the case Fontnel v. Airbnb, Inc. et al from Civil District Court, Orleans Parish to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on September 10, 2024.
• Airbnb's CFO Ellie Mertz presented at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on September 9, 2024.
• Airbnb is inviting 'Vampire Diaries' fans to stay in a Georgia rental to experience life in the fictional town of Mystic Falls.

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