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Airbnb

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist
National
/ 26 January 2025

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

By Luke Feltham
Locals drown in digital nomad wave
Business
/ 16 March 2024

Locals drown in digital nomad wave

Hotspots around the world are struggling to strike the balance between growing their tourism industries and protecting locals’ pockets

By Sarah Smit
Airbnb upgrades platform as it shakes off tough year
Business
/ 11 November 2023

Airbnb upgrades platform as it shakes off tough year

As the array of homes on Airbnb grows, it faces complaints from hosts who wind up making less money

By Julie Jammot
The uberfication of the university
Thought Leader
/ 16 November 2020

The uberfication of the university

The pandemic is hastening neoliberal universities’ moves towards platform pedagogy, where lecturers become participants in the “just-in-time” gig economy and students become “clients”

By Lesley le Grange
The young and the rentless: Inside Camps Bay’s ‘hijacked’ mansion
National
/ 23 September 2020

The young and the rentless: Inside Camps Bay’s ‘hijacked’ mansion

An activist art collective is refusing to leave a luxury holiday home, claiming their protest is to highlight landlessness and growing inequality in Cape Town

By Lester Kiewit
‘Airbnb Bill’ ruffles duvets
Article
/ 17 May 2019

‘Airbnb Bill’ ruffles duvets

Those for the law say it will level the playing field whereas those against say it is anticompetitive

By Tshegofatso Mathe
Airbnb Africa
Article
/ 24 April 2019

Airbnb Africa

Trailblazing disruption

By Tamsin Oxford
Chwayita Rixana
Article
/ 24 April 2019

Chwayita Rixana

The Cockpit Guesthouse- Ekurhuleni

By Tehillah Nieselow
Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits
Article
/ 10 April 2019

Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits

Arvind Ganesan, of New York-based Human Rights Watch, called Airbnb’s retreat from the decision disappointing

By Glenn Chapman
Amnesty: Booking agents profit from war crimes
Article
/ 31 January 2019

Amnesty: Booking agents profit from war crimes

Online tourism companies are adding to human rights’ violations by advertising attractions on illegally occupied land

By Staff Reporter
After Airbnb, calls for Booking.com to remove West Bank listings
Article
/ 20 November 2018

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

Airbnb listed at least 139 properties in West Bank settlements between March and July

By Agency
​Walking among unicorns
Article
/ 31 August 2018

​Walking among unicorns

Facts about San Francisco are hidden; they are gleaned from trying to make sense of being there

By Dinika Govender
​Airbnb shakes up the rental space
Article
/ 7 February 2017

​Airbnb shakes up the rental space

A novel way for owners to get more out of their property investments, or a headache in the making?

By Lynley Donnelly
Sleeping in Van Gogh’s bed
Article
/ 19 February 2016

Sleeping in Van Gogh’s bed

The Art Institute of Chicago and Airbnb to enable guests to stay in its latest installation, a recreation of Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles painting

By Jonathan Jones
Airbnb in SA selling trust to the wary
Article
/ 17 September 2015

Airbnb in SA selling trust to the wary

The homestay website has taken off in South Africa, with locals opening up their houses to visitors to make extra cash.

By Thalia Holmes
Forget Airbnb, crash on my couch for free
Article
/ 19 February 2015

Forget Airbnb, crash on my couch for free

A veteran couchsurfer explains why he prefers to share his home with idealistic, nonpaying guests to Airbnb customers with high expectations.

By Staff Reporter

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