Airbnb

NationalM&G Reporter | 2019-05-20 00:00:00

Oscar Mabuyane and Babalo Madikizela paid for a Bentley and renovations with suspect funds

BusinessTshegofatso Mathe | 2019-05-17 08:32:33

The Tourism Amendment Bill, which proposes reining in the rise of home-sharing apps such as Airbnb, has received backlash from opponents, who argue...

Airbnb Africa

Special ReportsTamsin Oxford | 2019-04-24 16:05:00

Velma Corcoran is the Airbnb country manager for South Africa and oversees the business of the disruptive travel company in the region. She is...

Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits

WorldGlenn Chapman | 2019-04-10 12:40:00

Accommodation-sharing platform Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from...

Survé compares Sagarmatha to Uber, says it would have been valued at $10bn

BusinessSibongile Khumalo, Jan Cronje | 2019-04-03 11:25:00

The chairperson of Independent Media, Iqbal Survé, on Tuesday claimed that bad press from rival media houses scuppered the listing of

Amnesty: Booking agents profit from war crimes

OpinionMienke Steytler | 2019-01-31 00:00:00

Online booking giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians by listing hundreds of...

After Airbnb, calls for Booking.com to remove West Bank listings

WorldAgency | 2018-11-20 14:17:00

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Booking.com to follow the example of Airbnb and withdraw listings for rentals located in settlements in the...

Walking among unicorns

Arts and CultureDinika Govender | 2018-08-31 00:00:00

The City of San Francisco is not big. It is roughly 12km long, and the same wide. Data from the 2016 census tells us that it is home to about...

Airbnb shakes up the rental space

BusinessLynley Donnelly | 2017-02-08 00:00:00

I know a guy. Let’s call him Joe. He owns a small bachelor flat in Cape Town. His tenant’s lease is up in a few months’ time and he is...

Sleeping in Van Gogh's bed

Art and DesignJonathan Jones | 2016-02-19 00:00:00

I am not sure I want to sleep in Vincent van Gogh’s bed, but it is a door now open to you, thanks to the Art Institute of Chicago, which has...

Airbnb in SA selling trust to the wary

BusinessThalia Holmes | 2015-09-18 00:00:00

For R214 a night, you can get a double bedroom with leopard-print linen, a desk, a side table and a faded brown chair in Camps Bay.

Forget Airbnb, crash on my couch for free

Arts and CultureJames Norman | 2015-02-20 00:00:00

I realised recently that travellers to Melbourne have two options if they want to stay with me. They can find my Airbnb profile and pay $80 a night...

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