Online home rental platform Airbnb has announced its latest initiative in partnership with local tourism promoting bodies. The campaign is based in Vancouver and aims to help the city's economy.
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Online short rental platform Airbnb announced today the introduction of new tools and features to improve its search functionality. The new improvements are designed to cater for business trips.
An Airbnb host who cancelled a customer's reservation and left racist remarks back in February has been ordered to pay $5,000 in fines and must also enroll in an Asian-American studies course.
Major cities around the world are reportedly banding together in an effort to use their size and market power to bring Airbnb, Uber and other "charing economy" companies to the negotiating table.
The European Commission has come out in support of the sharing economy and implicitly of Uber and Airbnb. The two companies have been facing crackdowns and bans from governments across the EU.
