Uber and Airbnb chose to forge the same partnership the same week, both striking a deal with business travel expensing company Concur. The move signals that the sharing economy is ready… Read more »
Airbnb has launched a search engine specifically for business travelers. The move is a crucial one as the company seeks to grow into its reported $10 billion valuation. Read more »
Airbnb has been fined €30,000 ($41,000) by the Catalonian authorities in Spain, who say the short-term rental marketplace has been illegally making money off properties that aren’t registered for tourist usage… Read more »
Search seems like second nature to us now, but how do you program search to find what’s exactly right for you? Airbnb is chasing that goal now with its experiments on… Read more »
Airbnb finally agreed to turn its customer records over to the state of New York as part of a compromise that will likely keep many of the records anonymous. Read more »
Airbnb is gearing up to not only take on hotel commerce sites like Hotel Tonight, but to become a full-blown destination for users to book vacations. Can it do so without… Read more »
A judge quashed a subpoena seeking data about every Airbnb host in New York. The move is a victory for Airbnb, but it doesn’t stop the government from trying again with… Read more »
There’s a battle of the bike locks going on — melding physical security with smartphone smarts and sharing-economy potential, Lock8 and Bitlock offer different takes on the same idea. And Lock8… Read more »