With COVID-19 hitting Airbnb and its hosts hard, does the hotel industry stand to benefit in the long run?

With COVID-19 hitting Airbnb and its hosts hard, does the hotel industry stand to benefit in the long run?
The homestay revolution has disrupted the hotel industry, but could this mean that we will witness the disappearance of hotels altogether? HASSELL’s Tulsi Grover weighs in.
The $31 million company did not specify an exact timeline beyond 2020.
Airbnb is expanding beyond homesharing and now ventures into designing and creating its own spaces.
Urbandoor’s network includes apartment communities in more than 1,500 cities spread throughout 60 countries.
When it comes to industry disruptors, the solution is to reimagine your business and keep going, says Dean Minnet, Hotel Consultant at Minett Consulting
After EU intervention, the home sharing network must now also make clear whether its hosts are private individuals or professionals.
As real estate costs skyrocket in central Paris, many who are priced out are pointing fingers at Airbnb
A new rental tier expands Airbnb’s listings which now include approximately 2,000 high-end homes and villas worldwide.
The company, which is facing calls in France for greater regulation, is pleased with the legal opinion.
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Accor Hotels is expanding its range of services to compete with the growth of big tech companies, who are threatening to take business away from traditional hotel companies.
While Airbnb moves to publicly and brashly add independent hotels to its platform, competitor HomeAway has been quietly doing the same while attracting less attention
Airbnb, which has long been seen as a direct adversary to hotel companies, recently opened its platform up to independent and boutique hotels looking to boost their audiences
The largest hotel company in the world has moved to pose a direct threat to the upstart hospitality company
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The battle for the dollars of guests who book travel online started years ago, but in recent months the fighting has greatly accelerated
Airbnb recently announced its plans for the future, many of which stand to present a more direct challenge for the precious dollars of travellers
On the day that Accor Hotels released its performance results, the hotel group’s boss had some pretty clear things to say about the popular sharing platform
Airbnb is no longer as competitive as it used to be. There are some cities in Europe where it is cheaper to stay in a 3-star hotel than an Airbnb
Yotel specializes in offering company rooms with a high-tech guest experience. This, however, may be poised to change soon
Airbnb might be getting set to join the exact business that it has worked so hard to disrupt; the traditional hotel industry
Veteran hotelier Ian Schrager thinks the hotel industry’s decision to fight Airbnb through legislation is going to lose in the end
Cities like Paris, New York and London are mainstays on the list of most-booked Airbnb cities for 2018.
It seems that Airbnb is making moves to increase its ability to garner even more clients through a recent partnership with Pillow Residential
Airbnb plans to set up shop close to Disney, with real estate developers who will use the name to market a new apartment complex
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Airbnb has 4 million listings in 191 countries across the globe, giving the company more options than the top five hotel brands combined
The hotel industry’s arch-nemesis AirBnB is gearing up with a new initiative that will see the home sharing website provide upscale accommodation
Marriott controls 1 in 7 hotels in North America, 1 in 14 worldwide, and vows to add 100,000 new rooms annually for the next three years
Hotels need to think bigger if the industry is going to compete with AirBnB
Like most industries, global hospitality has become one of constant shifts and reorientation, especially as it pertains to how hotel rooms are designed.
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Millenials are not really interested in hotels. They’re interested in Twitter, Snapchat and AirBnB. The sharing economy has of course put a dent in the traditional hotel industry, with many big chains attracting an older, wealthier generation, whilst younger people opt for the more economic solution of paying to stay in someone else’s home. But the stereotype of hotels as bland and boring is changing, and the new chain of Radisson Red are leading the field.
With COVID-19 hitting Airbnb and its hosts hard, does the hotel industry stand to benefit in the long run?
The homestay revolution has disrupted the hotel industry, but could this mean that we will witness the disappearance of hotels altogether? HASSELL’s Tulsi Grover weighs in.
The $31 million company did not specify an exact timeline beyond 2020.
Airbnb is expanding beyond homesharing and now ventures into designing and creating its own spaces.
Urbandoor’s network includes apartment communities in more than 1,500 cities spread throughout 60 countries.
When it comes to industry disruptors, the solution is to reimagine your business and keep going, says Dean Minnet, Hotel Consultant at Minett Consulting
After EU intervention, the home sharing network must now also make clear whether its hosts are private individuals or professionals.
As real estate costs skyrocket in central Paris, many who are priced out are pointing fingers at Airbnb