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Airbnb will ban some younger U.S. guests from booking local homes as part of a continuing effort to crack down on unauthorized parties.

Short-term rental expert Pam Knudsen, the director of compliance at Avalara MyLodgeTax, discusses what Airbnb renters should be aware of as the country slowly emerges from the pandemic, including new and improved cleaning protocols.

Marriott, Hilton and other big hotel companies are used to competing on price or perks. Now they are competing on cleanliness.

Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, but the water parks are dry, amusement parks are shuttered and national parks are only beginning to reopen. For thousands of small businesses that rely tourism, they are hoping Americans will be ready to splurge on summer vacations once again — their livelihood depends on it. “Every day these businesses can’t open...

With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and summer nipping at its heels, renting a vacation home may seem like the perfect way to get a change of scenery while maintaining social distancing protocols. Alison Kwong, a spokesperson for booking site Vrbo confirms that, beginning in mid-April, they started to see more U.S. demand on its platform, especially for longer trips...

Thousands of Airbnb hosts around Southern California are still without any income or new reservations, nearly two months after the travel industry was essentially shut down.

Airbnb plans to lay off nearly 1,900 employees, or about 25% of the company, a person familiar with the plans confirmed to CNBC.

It’s hard to predict what life will be like this summer. And, if you have summer vacation plans, you’re probably wondering if you should cancel because of the coronavirus. But you may want to hold off on canceling right now. Mike Lorenz and his family were planning a big gathering in June to celebrate his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary....

The coronavirus lockdown may be throwing summer plans up in the air. But for now, it may make sense to hold off canceling any vacations.

What’s it like to spend the night in Lucy, the elephant-shaped historical landmark along the Jersey Shore? Airbnb is giving you that chance for three nights only.

A 21-year-old man was in critical condition Wednesday after police say he was shot when someone fired more than 20 times into a property rented out through Airbnb.

Airbnb is taking more steps to crack down on parties and nuisance guests in the wake of a Halloween shooting at an Airbnb rental in a San Francisco suburb where five people were killed. The company said Thursday it’s banning “open invite” parties at all of its accommodations. Those are parties open to anyone and advertised on social media, for...

What if there was a way to utilize unused or excessive computing power from all computers and put it to use? What would happen? Well, if this startup gets it right, Amazon Web Services would be obsolete.

If you want to know what’s happening in your community, head to a barbershop, Billy Cabrera says. Cabrera, an ex-convict and addict in recovery, launched his shop with the goal of helping other men make a fresh start, using the trust he builds as a barber to help them make positive changes.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff is calling a shooting that left five dead during a Halloween party at an Airbnb rental a “bloodbath.”

The man behind home.stead, a Dorchester bakery and cafe, is testing whether one solution to Boston’s housing crunch could be to build small. He is building 14 compact apartments on a small plot of land that will be no bigger than 280 square feet and will rent in the range of $650 to $850 per month.

Airbnb is pushing out several new safety features in the wake of a tragic incident at one of their bookings, CEO Brian Chesky announced Wednesday.

Imagine buying a house, then watching an investor snap up the property next door and list it for rent on a short-term rental website like Airbnb, with parties, blaring music and more. Some Cape Cod residents say they’re living that reality as real estate companies and private investors capitalize on the booming market for short-term rentals.

Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place — under the sea, where they will perform for great white sharks and eight fans separated from them by a small submarine. As part of a promotion by Airbnb, the fans and Kiss will travel...

Police are investigating Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood after a person barricaded themselves inside a home Saturday night.