Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Chesky's appearance no doubt had Uber CEO Travis Kalanick asking his PR team why the Airbnb kid got to do Colbert before he did.

Airbnb has been a true disruptor in travel, and we'll continue to keep a close watch as it matures into a broader industry player.

Lesson: Always look beyond the signals emanating from early adopters on Twitter.

Airbnb has always been a leader in design, which is why we're not surprised by the site redesign but are shocked by the lousy logo.

Spain needs to balance regulating the black-market economy with making it easier to start a business or keep one running.

With the U.S. hotel industry performing well, it is losing some business from the sharing economy, but there isn't a lot of hurt yet. That could come later.

Trivago's new shared-room search reflects the born-again trendiness of hostels -- which are no longer called youth hostels -- and apartment shares. Booking.com and Kayak already have it, and others will add it.

In startup land, B2B companies providing services to the vacation rental and apartment-sharing industry are hot, hot, hot.

TripAdvisor isn't exactly a wild-eyed daredevil, but the fastest growing category on its Flipkey accommodation site is apartment rentals, a category that flirts with illegality in large, urban markets like New York.

The claim that Airbnb has taken some demand away from major hotel groups is indisputable, but the significance and depth of its long-term impact on the industry is yet to be determined.