Airbnb has made some changes to its platform in order to make it easier for people with disabilities to find accommodations that suit their needs. The 21 new accessibility filters Airbnb has added enable people to find homes and apartments that have step-free entry to rooms, entryways wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, elevators, roll-in […]
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Airbnb poaches Amazon’s Prime boss
Airbnb is bringing on Greg Greeley, Amazon’s current VP of Prime & Delivery Experience, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wrote in a blog post today. His first day at Airbnb will be March 18. At Airbnb, Greeley will be responsible for leading the home-sharing startup’s Homes unit. The Homes unit entails Airbnb’s standard offering as well as its recently-launched Plus offering, which… Read More
Roku’s reckoning, Snap’s huge CEO payout, Airbnb goes upscale and a big NYC acquisition
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week the full gang was in town, with Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and Alex Wilhelm all back in the podcast studio. The trio was joined by Hilary Gosher, a managing director at Insight Venture Partners who helped dig through the news. The packed week… Read More
Airbnb vs. VRBO: Everything you need to know about both accommodation sites
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Sometimes when you’re traveling or booking a vacation, the last thing you want to do is stay in a hotel. Sure, they’re convenient — the whole having someone else make your bed thing is quite nice, tbh — but hotels can also be boooooorrrring.
(It’s the persistent sameness of hotels. Such repetition and ubiquity tends to trigger an existential crisis spiral where you begin to question how everything can be so different and yet all the same, like two mirrors that reflect an image ad infinitum, and really what IS anything when you get down to the nitty gritty minutiae of existence, ya know? Wait, that’s just me? Cool. Glad we had this talk.) Read more…
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Detroit quickly reverses ban on Airbnb after backlash
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That was fast.
Airbnb rentals in Detroit were banned this week in certain neighborhoods after changes to the city’s zoning ordinance went into effect.
But once hosts flagged city officials and Airbnb about cease and desist notices, it turned out no one — not even the mayor — knew that the partial ban was in place.
Surprise!
By Friday, the city had assured it wasn’t actually going after hosts renting out rooms on Airbnb.
UPDATE: #Detroit‘s Buildings, Safety Engineering & Environmental Department (BSEED) “will not be ticketing homeowners for renting out rooms in their own residence, whether through Airbnb or otherwise” pending a review of zoning code ban on some Airbnb rentals by city law deptpic.twitter.com/KtZsJfYblQ
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WeTravel wants to be the payment platform for small travel companies and group trips. Founded by three immigrant entrepreneurs who met at University of California, Berkeley, the company has just closed a $2 million seed round to expand its busine…
View More WeTravel builds a group payment platform for small travel businessesAirbnb banned in parts of Detroit, and even the mayor’s confused
Even Detroit’s mayor seems baffled how one line in a 216-page zoning packet can ban Airbnb rentals in certain Detroit neighborhoods.
The ban in the city’s amended zoning ordinance went into effect this week, preventing homeowners in zones R1 and R2 f…
Badi bags $10M to build out its room rentals platform in Europe
Barcelona-based Badi launched a marketplace for urban room rentals in September 2015 with the goal of making it easier to find flatmates. The startup has now closed a $10M Series A investment, led by Spark Capital, with the aim of ramping up its …
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When I began fundraising for CircleUp six years ago, I encountered many investors whose eyes would glaze over when I mentioned “consumer.” These investors would fidget uncomfortably or drop their gaze when I explained that our platform would only provide capital to small CPG companies. I would often hear the skeptical comments, such as, “an energy bar company can’t… Read More
Learn the programming language that’s used by Airbnb and Hulu
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The world of programming is full of many different languages. If you’re new to web development, it can be hard to know which one to learn first. One of the best to start with is Ruby (and it’s add-on framework Rails.) This popular language was designed to be logical and programmer-friendly and is beloved by developers. It’s also very popular with startups because it enables rapid prototyping and has been used to build everything from Airbnb to Hulu to Kickstarter. Read more…
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Equity podcast: Dog-walking startup gets $300M, Airbnb isn’t going public and Amazon is fine
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Matthew Lynley and Alex Wilhelm were joined by General Catalyst’s Steve Herrod, who helped us dig through the week’s biggest news. As a group, we looked at Wag’s mega-round, a $300 million infusion from SoftBank’s Vision Fund.… Read More
Airbnb CFO Laurence Tosi is out
Airbnb CFO Laurence Tosi is leaving the company, Airbnb announced today. This comes shortly after The Information reported there were some tensions brewing between Brian Chesky and Tosi over the future of the company. Read More
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