Airbnb leads Lyric funding round
US: San Francisco-based apartment provider Lyric has raised $160 million in a Series B financing and debt financing led by Airbnb.
US: San Francisco-based apartment provider Lyric has raised $160 million in a Series B financing and debt financing led by Airbnb.
• Airbnb’s partnership with Century 21 is a clever way for the sharing economy giant to access a huge new source of inventory within cities which have tried to suppress its growth through legislation. In many cities where the cost of buying real estate is prohibitively high, renting is the norm for
US: Airbnb is to allow accommodation providers to list on its site for the first time through an official third-party distribution network.
UK: Airbnb is reportedly among the companies looking to buy Wyndham’s European vacation rental business.
US: Airbnb is reportedly developing a branded apartment complex in Florida.
UK: Airbnb has reported an 80 per cent rise in visitors to Britain in the last year as travellers take advantage of the weaker pound.
US: Airbnb is expanding its existing partnership with business travel expense management company Concur.
France: Paris City Council will make it mandatory from December for short-term rental property owners to register their property with the town hall.
US: Airbnb is reportedly close to launching a service that will match guests with quality-inspected home and apartment rentals.
Keep up to date with our 10 facts about what Airbnb has been doing recently: • Airbnb recently purchased the Luxury Retreats brand, which offers high end vacation rentals for US$200 million. • Airbnb is looking to incentivise more of its hosts to make their listings instantly bookable. The short