Latest Airbnb Headlines
All the headlines from our Airbnb Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farmers Turn to Airbnb, Corn Mazes to Outlast Agricultural Downturn
Feb 24 2025 // A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep, and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to...
Airbnb Files Lawsuit Against City of New Orleans Over Regulation Dispute
Feb 20 2025 // Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws. “What we’re looking at now due to Airbnb’s...
Airbnb Billionaire Plans Factory-Built Homes for LA Fire Victims
Feb 20 2025 // Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The pre-fabricated...
Farmers Turn to Airbnb, Corn Mazes to Outlast Agricultural Downturn
Feb 10 2025 // A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to...
US Sues Airbnb After Host Rejected Rental to Mother With Children
Jan 13 2025 // The U.S. government sued Airbnb on Friday, alleging housing discrimination after a host refused to rent an apartment to a mother with three school-age children. In a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, the...
Washington Commissioner Fines Airbnb for Acting as Unauthorized Insurer
Jun 5 2023 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Airbnb $20,000 for acting as an unauthorized insurer in the state. Kreidler also ordered the vacation rental company to obtain a surplus lines insurance policy to...
Washington Commissioner Fines Airbnb for Acting as Unauthorized Insurer
May 16 2023 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Airbnb $20,000 for acting as an unauthorized insurer in the state. Kreidler also ordered the vacation rental company to obtain a surplus lines insurance policy to...
Airbnb Aims to Convince More People to Rent Out Their Homes
Nov 18 2022 // Convinced that the boom in leisure travel is permanent, Airbnb aims to expand its listings by convincing more people to turn their homes into short-term rentals. The company said Wednesday that it will increase the amount...
Airbnb Beefing Up Guest Services With Satisfaction Guarantees, AirCover Protection
May 12 2022 // Wednesday morning Airbnb Inc. revealed what it’s calling its “biggest change in a decade.” Beyond modifications to its user interface and nifty new bells and whistles, it’s also addressing one of...
Airbnb Bets on Remote Work With New Tools Including Insurance
Nov 12 2021 // Airbnb Inc. is rolling out new features, including verified internet speeds at hosts’ homes and options to search for listings up to a year in advance, as the vacation-rental company bets that remote work and...
Airbnb Adds Protection and Insurance Features With AirCover
Nov 12 2021 // Airbnb’s host and guest protections now include host damage protection, host liability insurance, and liability insurance for its Airbnb Experience customers. The coverages are now combined as part of an overall...
Gaining a Risk Manager Seat at Technology’s Table: Interview with RIMS Leader Langone
Feb 11 2020 // The culture at technology startups like Uber, Airbnb and PayPal is all about risk-taking. They start by offering a unique, untested or reimagined product or service or by disrupting an industry’s established...
South Carolina Homeowner Claims in Suit Airbnb Guest Threw Party, Trashed Home
Jan 27 2020 // The owner of an island home off South Carolina’s coast is suing Airbnb, claiming it only reimbursed him for a “fraction” of the damages that a guest who threw a big party did to his home. In a federal...
Airbnb Stresses Safety, Accountability in Governance Changes
Jan 21 2020 // Airbnb Inc. is laying the groundwork for a public market debut later this year, announcing a new corporate governance strategy that values safety, sustainability, diversity and accountability. The home-share startup has...
Airbnb Insurance Leader Langone Becomes RIMS President for 2020
Jan 2 2020 // The risk management society, RIMS, announced that Laura Langone, head of Insurance Operations at Airbnb, Inc., will lead the association as president for the 2020 term. As president, Langone is succeeding Gloria Brosius,...
Lawmakers Question Airbnb Over Rental Listings in Violation of Local Laws
Nov 27 2019 // U.S. lawmakers are asking Airbnb Inc. to provide information about hosts that list short-term rentals on the site who don’t comply with local laws and violate the company’s own policies. In a letter to Airbnb...
‘Party Houses’ Banned by Airbnb After California Shooting Kills 5
Nov 4 2019 // Airbnb’s CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorized parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California. In a series of tweets, Brian Chesky...
Airbnb Settles Racial Discrimination Suit Brought by Oregon Women
Aug 19 2019 // Airbnb has settled a lawsuit brought by several Oregon women who said the site allowed vacation rental owners to discriminate against customers based on race. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports African American plaintiffs...
Airbnb Loses Huge Battle Over California City’s Rental Law
Mar 14 2019 // Airbnb Inc. and Expedia Group Inc.’s HomeAway failed to persuade a U.S. court of appeals to strike down a Santa Monica law that makes the companies liable for illicit rentals in the Southern California beach...
Judge Blocks NYC Law Demanding Airbnb Disclosures
Jan 8 2019 // A New York City law forcing Airbnb and HomeAway home-sharing platforms to reveal a “breathtaking” amount of information about their businesses seems unconstitutional, a judge decided Thursday, forcing the law...
