AS AIRBNB'S EXECS JUMP SHIP...What Does US$6 billion buy in terms of short-term rentals?
The bods at Expedia in Seattle have obviously spent up big on a gaggle of Australian media influencers to “draw people’s attention back to the needs of regional Australia”. Not a whiff of pretext around ‘home sharing’: Expedia’s Australian corporates fly under the Stayz banner and that means ‘full-house’ commercial rentals. Those who have joined Expedia’s spin campaign include Edwina Bartholomew, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Cameron Daddo, Alison Brahe, Jamie Durie, Adam Liaw
AS AIRBNB'S TOP EXECS JUMP SHIP…USD6 billion buys?
The bods at Expedia in Seattle have obviously spent up big on a gaggle of Australian media influencers to “draw people’s attention back to the needs of regional Australia”. Not a whiff of pretext around ‘home sharing’: Expedia’s Australian corporates fly under the Stayz banner and that means ‘full-house’ commercial rentals. Those who have joined Expedia’s spin campaign include Edwina Bartholomew, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Cameron Daddo, Alison Brahe, Jamie Durie, Adam Liaw
CHILDERS – 20 YEARS ON – AS THE CORONER PREDICTED
Today marks 20 years since the Childers backpacker hostel fire that killed 15 people. “Sergeant Geoff Fay was one of the first on the scene and said it was still difficult to talk about the tragedy.” As reported by the ABC, the event prompted a state-wide overhaul of fire safety regulations regarding budget accommodation. The Coroner’s report also criticised the former Isis Shire Council for failing to adequately regulate the safety of the hostel and allowing it to operate
CHILDERS – 20 YEARS ON – AS THE CORONER PREDICTED
Today marks 20 years since the Childers backpacker hostel fire that killed 15 people. “Sergeant Geoff Fay was one of the first on the scene and said it was still difficult to talk about the tragedy.” As reported by the ABC, the event prompted a state-wide overhaul of fire safety regulations regarding budget accommodation. The Coroner’s report also criticised the former Isis Shire Council for failing to adequately regulate the safety of the hostel and allowing it to operate
THE AIRBNB ‘RUN AROUND’ COMES FULL CIRCLE
To quote Airbnb watchers in San Francisco: “So Business Insider is republishing a corporate press releases? Is it a package deal? You pay for the “article” and receive the social media promotion for free? (The) idea that Airbnb rentals are about to get a lot cleaner is as laughable as the “ban” on party houses, discrimination…” Yes, Business Insider writes, “Airbnb has released a 38-page handbook with cleaning and disinfecting protocols – and it suggests that ‘hosts’ have
THE AIRBNB ‘RUN AROUND’ COMES FULL CIRCLE
To quote Airbnb watchers in San Francisco: “So Business Insider is republishing a corporate press releases? Is it a package deal? You pay for the “article” and receive the social media promotion for free? (The) idea that Airbnb rentals are about to get a lot cleaner is as laughable as the “ban” on party houses, discrimination…” Yes, Business Insider writes, “Airbnb has released a 38-page handbook with cleaning and disinfecting protocols – and it suggests that ‘hosts’ have
ILLEGAL AIRBNB LISTINGS – WHO IS DIRECTING GOVERNMENT POLICY?
Airbnb was recently ordered by a French court to pay the owner of a Paris apartment after the tenant sublet the property. Airbnb and the tenant were jointly ordered to pay Euros 52,000 plus Euro 5,000 in legal fees (approximately AUD94,000.00 in total). The judge ruled that Airbnb can be considered a publisher by linking ‘hosts’ with travellers to “act illegally”. In the NSW Land and Environment Court (Case number 14/40923) the agent linking ‘hosts’ with travellers was sim
ILLEGAL AIRBNB LISTINGS – WHO IS DIRECTING GOVERNMENT POLICY?
Airbnb was recently ordered by a French court to pay the owner of a Paris apartment after the tenant sublet the property. Airbnb and the tenant were jointly ordered to pay Euros 52,000 plus Euro 5,000 in legal fees (approximately AUD94,000.00 in total). The judge ruled that Airbnb can be considered a publisher by linking ‘hosts’ with travellers to “act illegally”. In the NSW Land and Environment Court (Case number 14/40923) the agent linking ‘hosts’ with travellers was sim
THE LONG-REDUNDANT SPIN ABOUT ‘HOME SHARING’
Remember the days when online booking platforms courted legislators with the concept of ‘Mums and Dads’ earning some extra cash by doing a bit of (commercial) ‘home sharing’? While a still unknown number of NSW Federal and State MPs and Local Council Administrators rake in handsome profits from short-term rental properties and portfolios, there appears little need to continue with said smokescreen or spin. NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s Dungowan Estate has an Airbnb boo
THE LONG-REDUNDANT SPIN ABOUT ‘HOME SHARING’
Remember the days when online booking platforms courted legislators with the concept of ‘Mums and Dads’ earning some extra cash by doing a bit of (commercial) ‘home sharing’? While a still unknown number of NSW Federal and State MPs and Local Council Administrators rake in handsome profits from short-term rental properties and portfolios, there appears little need to continue with said smokescreen or spin. NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s Dungowan Estate has an Airbnb boo
