22nd March 2024 Airbnb / Expedia / GSTThe global platforms say they are providing solutions to cope with new rules that levy GST on NZ accommodation providers.
19th March 2024 Airbnb / HeritageThe retro futuristic Area 51 Futuro House in Ōhoka near Christchurch has received an official designation as a Category 1 historic place.
12th December 2023 Airbnb / HeritageA proposal to list a popular space-themed accommodation as an historic place is open for submissions.
23rd November 2023 Accommodation / AirbnbA new analysis shows Airbnb generated more than $1bn annually in wages and salaries across Aotearoa.
18th October 2023 AirbnbAirbnb has crowned the winners of its annual Host Awards, celebrating hosts and accommodation across the country.
30th June 2023 AirbnbAn opt-in sustainable visitor levy for local councils to apply to accommodation providers is amongst the measures that Airbnb is proposing to manage New Zealand’s short term accommodation sector.
9th June 2023 AirbnbHolidaying Kiwis are booking more hosted stays for themselves and their pets over winter, according to new research from Airbnb.
2nd June 2023 AirbnbAirbnb has announced its support for Tiaki – Care for New Zealand, with a commitment to educating guests to travel in New Zealand with respect.
4th May 2023 Accommodation / AirbnbAirbnb has launched a new private guest room category.
16th December 2022 Accommodation / AirbnbAuckland, Wellington and Canterbury have come out on top of Airbnb’s list of top-searched beach locations by Kiwis seeking a summer getaway.
7th December 2022 Airbnb / HobbitonGuests can stay at the popular attraction for the first time as part of ‘The Hobbit’ film’s 10-year celebrations.
25th November 2022 Airbnb / BBANZHosted bed and breakfast operators are worried their industry could get caught up in council moves to regulate Airbnb.
10th October 2022 Airbnb / AwardsA 1960s Futuro House in Canterbury, a cabin in the mountainous terrain of Canterbury, and a nature experience in Palmerston North are among the winners at Airbnb’s Host Awards for 2022.
8th September 2022 Airbnb / ResearchTouristification creates a tourism-led rent gap in high-density locales and a conflicts-led negative rent gap in low-density neighbourhoods.
7th April 2022 Airbnb / PūkahaPūkaha National Wildlife Centre has launched a new online experience for virtual visitors via Airbnb.
9th April 2021 Airbnb / BordersAirbnb saw a surge in New Zealand and Australian bookings in the lead up to the trans-Tasman travel bubble announcement on Tuesday.
16th November 2020 AirbnbThe enforcement action followed Airbnb’s policy change to ban parties at Airbnb listings globally until further notice.
22nd May 2020 Airbnb / DataEarly signs of domestic tourism in New Zealand “bouncing back and contributing to economic recovery” have emerged in new data from Airbnb.
30th March 2020 Airbnb / Covid-19Airbnb hosts may provide homes that follow new cleanliness protocols based on recommendations from medical experts.
5th November 2018 AirbnbA national approach needs to be taken to regulate home share providers such as Airbnb, according to a new report.
5th September 2018 AirbnbDunedin City Council has fired a shot across the bow of homeowners letting their properties as short-term visitor accommodation (STVA).
6th August 2018 AirbnbThe Auckland Chamber of Commerce has accused Auckland council of a “smash and grab” on small businesses following its extension of the accommodation targeted rate to peer-to-peer providers.
11th July 2018 Airbnb / TIAThe so-called Airbnb rate fails to reduce unfairness for the commercial sector, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
5th July 2018 AirbnbThe economic, social and environmental impact of Airbnb on Canterbury’s tourism industry is to be explored in a new piece of research.
31st May 2018 AirbnbAirbnb contributed $660m in GDP last year and supported 6,006 jobs across New Zealand, according to a new report from Deloitte commissioned by the accommodation sharing platform.
26th March 2018 Airbnb / BookabachBookabach is urging its users to make submissions on the Auckland Council’s plans to implement a targeted rate on non-commercial accommodation providers.
16th March 2018 AirbnbDunedin residents who let out their homes on platforms like Airbnb and BookaBach could be slapped with a rates increase of up to 145%.
15th March 2018 Airbnb / Guest NightsStats NZ says there is no clear path to collecting data from the country’s growing non-commercial accommodation providers such as Airbnb despite increasing calls for insight into the subsector.
5th March 2018 AirbnbAirbnb guest numbers in New Zealand surged to 1.46 million in 2017, up 112% on 2016, while the number of listings jumped 61% to 37,600.
5th December 2017 Airbnb / ChristchurchNZThe rise of Airbnb’s popularity in Christchurch has seen guest nights in the city bounce back to near pre-earthquake levels.
10th November 2017 Airbnb / Hospitality NZHospitality New Zealand has thrown its support behind Queenstown Lakes District Council’s move to tighten rules around visitor accommodation.
9th November 2017 Airbnb / QLDCQueenstown Lakes District Council has continued to crack down on residential ratepayers renting out their homes by voting for stricter short-term visitor accommodation rules.
3rd April 2017 AirbnbLaunched last week, the peer-to-peer accommodation provider has added Queenstown to its Experiences offer.
7th February 2017 AirbnbThe issue of whether residential ratepayers who rent out their homes for profit should pay rates in line with their commercial counterparts is not a new one.
