Airbnb advances talks with Caribbean Tourism Organization countries
BRIDGETOWN – Hugh Riley, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the region's tourism development agency, and eight member countries, along with representatives More...
Women hosts have earned over $10 billion on Airbnb
Major progress has been made in advancing economic opportunities for women over the last several decades, but significant obstacles to gender equality still remain. The gender pay gap between men and women is well-documented, More...
Barbados Tourism Minister warns against rushing to an Airbnb tax
BRIDGETOWN – With an increasing number of visitors choosing homestay options provided through services like Airbnb over hotels, the traditional accommodation sector wants to see those providing unregistered lodging More...
Airbnb pact with CTO reflects growing Caribbean influence
Airbnb’s proliferation across Caribbean vacation destinations has led the region’s primary tourism group, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), to forge an agreement with the home-stay provider to jointly More...
Airbnb and Curaçao sign tourism agreement
WILLEMSTAD – Today, Curaçao’s Minister of Economic Development, Eugene Rhuggenaath and the Minister of Finance, Kenneth Gijsbertha, on behalf of the government, signed an important agreement with Airbnb that More...
The big reason why Airbnb terrifies the hotel industry
Airbnb may face significant legal headwinds in some cities over its repurposing of apartments as short-term rooms-for-hire, standing accused of hurting local economies and contributing to rising housing unaffordability. More...
Airbnb and government want rules for private rental
WILLEMSTAD - Airbnb and the government of Curaçao will meet together to regulate the market for private rental apartments. In addition, the intention is that the tax for the rentals is also regulated. This was More...
CHATA & MCB host Breakfast Meeting at Santa Barbara Resort
AirBnB ‘’Live like a Local’’ WILLEMSTAD - After the successful Breakfast Meeting this past May, CHATA hosted its second breakfast meeting of 2016 last Friday at Santa Barbara Resort. The Breakfast meeting More...
