Airbnb

At Fancy Hostels, Business Travelers Are Replacing Backpackers

While every hotel brand under the sun makes moves to attract millennials, hostels are doing the very opposite. They’re growing up, getting fancy...

Airbnb Tries out Concierge Role With App for Dining, City Guides

Airbnb is pressing ahead with plans to expand into new travel services including restaurant reservations and city tours, transforming the co...

Accor Profit Declines as Terrorism in France Hurts Trave

Accor, Europe’s largest hotel operator, said first-half profit fell 4 per cent after terrorist attacks in France and economic difficulties in Brazil...

Airbnb Faces Growing Pains as It Passes 100 Million Guests

Don't go to Paris. Don’t tour Paris. And please don’t do Paris.” The advice, offered by homesharing app Airbnb in a series of televisi...

Clayton Hotel in Dublin Docks To Offload 23 Suites

In one of the more interesting recent moves in the Dublin hotel market, Clayton Hotel on Cardiff Lane in the capital's docklands i...

Airbnb Sues Hometown San Francisco to Block Rental Rules

Airbnb, the second-most highly valued San Francisco-based startup, sued its hometown over claims the city’s rental restrictions violate protections f...

Hotelier Francis Brennan Welcomes Airbnb Competition

Hotelier Francis Brennan believes that rather than providing unwelcome competition for hotels, Airbnb "might be a saviour" for the industry,...

The Ritz Paris Is Back—but Competition Is Fiercer Than Ever

For four years, Paris’s most iconic hotel has been shut. Its 224-year-old walls have seen no guests, its Coco Chanel suite no women in fabulous heels...