Airbnb

A new analysis shows Airbnb generated more than $1bn annually in wages and salaries across Aotearoa.

Airbnb has crowned the winners of its annual Host Awards, celebrating hosts and accommodation across the country.

An 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.

Holidaying Kiwis are booking more hosted stays for themselves and their pets over winter, according to new research from Airbnb.

Airbnb has announced its support for Tiaki – Care for New Zealand, with a commitment to educating guests to travel in New Zealand with respect.

Airbnb has launched a new private guest room category.

Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury have come out on top of Airbnb’s list of top-searched beach locations by Kiwis seeking a summer getaway.

Guests can stay at the popular attraction for the first time as part of ‘The Hobbit’ film’s 10-year celebrations.

Hosted bed and breakfast operators are worried their industry could get caught up in council moves to regulate Airbnb.

A 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.

Touristification creates a tourism-led rent gap in high-density locales and a conflicts-led negative rent gap in low-density neighbourhoods.

Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre has launched a new online experience for virtual visitors via Airbnb.

Airbnb saw a surge in New Zealand and Australian bookings in the lead up to the trans-Tasman travel bubble announcement on Tuesday.

The enforcement action followed Airbnb’s policy change to ban parties at Airbnb listings globally until further notice.

Early signs of domestic tourism in New Zealand “bouncing back and contributing to economic recovery” have emerged in new data from Airbnb.

Airbnb hosts may provide homes that follow new cleanliness protocols based on recommendations from medical experts.

A national approach needs to be taken to regulate home share providers such as Airbnb, according to a new report.

Dunedin City Council has fired a shot across the bow of homeowners letting their properties as short-term visitor accommodation (STVA).

The 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.

The so-called Airbnb rate fails to reduce unfairness for the commercial sector, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa.

The economic, social and environmental impact of Airbnb on Canterbury’s tourism industry is to be explored in a new piece of research.

Airbnb 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.

Bookabach is urging its users to make submissions on the Auckland Council’s plans to implement a targeted rate on non-commercial accommodation providers.

Dunedin residents who let out their homes on platforms like Airbnb and BookaBach could be slapped with a rates increase of up to 145%.

Stats 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.

Airbnb 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.

The rise of Airbnb’s popularity in Christchurch has seen guest nights in the city bounce back to near pre-earthquake levels.

Hospitality New Zealand has thrown its support behind Queenstown Lakes District Council’s move to tighten rules around visitor accommodation.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has continued to crack down on residential ratepayers renting out their homes by voting for stricter short-term visitor accommodation rules.

Launched last week, the peer-to-peer accommodation provider has added Queenstown to its Experiences offer.

The 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.