Airbnb
latest news & developmentsCT rental tariff poses a dilemma
Increasing fees alone does not automatically fix affordability
Design, building sector ripe for a pivot
It’s one thing to be a desirable city for tourists and charge premium hotel room prices, but the execution of the experience must match
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
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
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
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…
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
‘Airbnb Bill’ ruffles duvets
Those for the law say it will level the playing field whereas those against say it is anticompetitive
Airbnb Africa
Trailblazing disruption
Chwayita Rixana
The Cockpit Guesthouse- Ekurhuleni
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
Amnesty: Booking agents profit from war crimes
Online tourism companies are adding to human rights’ violations by advertising attractions on illegally occupied land
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
Walking among unicorns
Facts about San Francisco are hidden; they are gleaned from trying to make sense of being there
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?