Thibault Masson
Airbnb Regulations in France: What Short-Term Rental Hosts Need to Know About New Laws
France, the second-largest market in the world for Airbnb, has recently introduced the Loi Le Meur, a comprehensive law aimed ...
Airbnb’s 2025 Strategy: Evolving into a Comprehensive Lifestyle Platform
Airbnb’s 2025 strategy marks a major shift toward becoming a lifestyle platform. Building on its three pillars—Hosting, Core Service, and Expansion—Airbnb is moving beyond travel into real estate, car sharing, and AI-driven personalization. The goal: make Airbnb a daily-use platform, not just a booking site.
France’s New Anti-Airbnb Law: What It Means for the Vacation Rental Industry
France has introduced sweeping new regulations targeting short-term rentals, cutting tax benefits, capping rentals at 90 days, and enforcing energy efficiency standards. As one of Airbnb’s largest markets, France’s “anti-Airbnb law” could reshape the vacation rental landscape, pushing managers to adapt, diversify, and prepare for stricter EU-wide regulations ahead.
Barcelona’s Short-Term Rental Ban Faces Legal Challenges: What Managers Need to Know
Barcelona, a pioneer in strict short-term rental regulations, is once again at the center of industry attention. The city’s latest ...
How Airbnb is Building an Amazon-Like Platform Beyond Accommodation
For several years, Airbnb has been stepping beyond short-term rentals and traditional accommodations with initiatives like Airbnb-Friendly Apartments and Experiences. ...
How Netflix, Airbnb, and Social Media Are Driving the “Set-Jetting” Trend—and What It Means for Vacation Rental Managers
It seems that every day, hordes of travelers “discover” a breathtaking location they saw on a show, movie, or TikTok ...
Boosting Vacation Rental Bookings with AI: Insights from the 2024 VRMA International Conference
Thibault Masson, Chief Editor of Rental Scale-Up and Head of Product Marketing at PriceLabs, recently spoke on stage at the ...
Is Airbnb’s Co-Host Network a Threat or an Opportunity for Property Managers?
With the launch of Airbnb’s Co-Host Network, vacation rental managers are wondering if it’s a potential threat to their business ...
How Airbnb’s New AI Tools Can Boost Your Bookings: What Every Vacation Rental Manager Should Know
Airbnb has introduced new features that use AI to guide travelers through each stage of the booking process, making it ...
Airbnb WINTER 2024 RELEASE – CO-HOST NETWORK
What Vacation Rental Managers Might Expect from Airbnb’s Winter 2042 Release: The Co-Host Network In Airbnb’s Winter 2024 release, we ...
Dynamic Pricing Done Right: What Vacation Rental Managers Can Learn from the Oasis Ticket Controversy
For Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour, Ticketmaster implemented dynamic pricing, causing ticket prices to surge dramatically—some tickets jumped from £148 to ...
How US Vacation Rental Managers Could Drive More Direct Bookings
In an industry dominated by platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, vacation rental managers are grappling with a significant shift. Skift ...
Airbnb’s New Co-Hosting Marketplace: More Competition For Property Managers?
Airbnb’s CEO, Brian Chesky, just confirmed it: The long-awaited Co-Hosting marketplace is launching this October. This new platform, predicted by ...
How Otamiser’s Latest Funding Round Enhances OTA Ranking Solutions
Recently, I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Bart-Jan Leyts, CEO of Otamiser, at the Scale conference, where ...
Barcelona to BAN SHORT-TERM RENTALS BY 2028
On June 21, 2024, Barcelona’s current mayor, Jaume Collboni, announced a significant policy change aimed at addressing the city’s housing ...
EMBRACE ROMANCE: HOW FRENCH HOSTS BOOST OCCUPANCY WITH LOVE ROOMS
In the highly competitive world of vacation rentals, standing out is crucial. A unique trend that has gained traction in ...
Exciting News: Rental Scale-Up Launches the Vacation Rental Scale-Up Podcast!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new podcast, Vacation Rental Scale-Up, brought to you by Rental Scale-Up ...
Airbnb’s New Highlight System: Top 1%, Top 5%, and Bottom 10% Explained
Airbnb’s new highlight system ranks listings into top 1%, 5%, 10%, and bottom 10% categories—reshaping how guests choose stays and how hosts compete. Properties with high ratings and strong reviews earn Guest Favorite badges, boosting visibility, while low performers risk delisting if they fail to improve quality and reliability.
Airbnb Q1 2024 financials
Here are key data from Airbnb’s Q1 2024 results: A great quarter, but Q2 seems soft. Blame it on the ...
Airbnb 2024 Strategy (After the Summer 2024 Update)
In 2024, Airbnb remains steadfast in its strategic focus, adhering to the same three pillars that shaped its agenda in ...
