Tag: Airbnb
Pennsylvania Town Aims to Tax Rentals Ahead of U.S. Open
Allegheny County, Pa., is aiming to strengthen the county's hotel tax law to ensure short-term rentals like Airbnb are being taxed appropriately. Notably, the...
Chicago Moves to Eliminate Airbnb from Single-Family Home Neighborhoods
Chicago politicians are moving to eliminate Airbnb and like-services from neighborhoods with primarily single-family homes. Alderman Pat O'Connor says that people who have purchased...
Report: Airbnb Purged Listings Ahead of Survey
An independent report alleges that Airbnb purged more than 1,000 listings from its site in November in an attempt to rig a survey of...
Examining Airbnb’s Impact on New York
Earlier this week, research firm STR released data claiming that Airbnb has no real impact on hotel room demand in Manhattan. Now, hospitality industry advocates are...
Airbnb Doesn’t Even Dent Manhattan Hotel Performance
A recent analysis of Airbnb data by STR found that in one of the busiest metropolitan areas on the planet—Manhattan—Airbnb unit sales do not...