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Travel PaymentsThe Staycation Gains Ground – At Other Peoples’ Pads
After months on lockdown, after months of Zooming … comes the itch to escape to the great outdoors, even if the great...
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Travel PaymentsTravel Sites, Airbnb Get Boost In Domestic Short-Term Rental Bookings
As Americans seek relief from cabin fever after months of shelter-in-place orders due to the pandemic, vacation rentals are on the rise,...
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Travel PaymentsHomeToGo CEO: Why COVID-19 Will Change Summer Vacation, But Not Cancel It
Today is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the U.S. summer travel season. Of course, summer will be far from normal this year, and consumers’...
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InternationalCoronavirus Prompts Airbnb To Suspend Beijing Check-Ins
Airbnb is halting check-ins at all of its Beijing listings until March due to the Coronavirus outbreak and local policies in China,...
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RetailTaking A Sharing Economy Approach To Hotel Booking
Roost Co-founder and CEO Sam Tate went on an extended vacation two summers ago after his junior year of college. It was a...
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RetailPerfecting A Rental Platform For Luxury Travelers
That the sharing economy has indelibly altered the travel vertical is inarguable. According to a study out last year, when Airbnb enters a...
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Alternative FinancesOYO: Why Credit Could Be Key To US Expansion
India-based hotel and booking startup OYO has been on a tear lately, landing $1.5 billion in new funding, expanding to new markets and...
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Travel PaymentsVrbo: Bringing Vacations Into The 2020s
Vacations are changing — and the tourism industry is changing along with it. The pace of innovation and disruption only promises to...
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NewsTop News In Payments: PayPal Withdraws From Libra Association; OYO Notches $1.5B In Funding
Today in the payments news roundup, PayPal officially pulled its support of Facebook’s Libra initiative after it no-showed at the Libra Association...
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GoogleGoogle Beefs Up Vacation Rental Search
Google is stepping up its vacation rental business with enhanced listings that will include reviews, photos and more, and appearing before competitors...
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RetailWhy Treehouses Rule The Airbnb Roost
Pop quiz: When you read the words “most popular Airbnb listing in history,” what is the first thought that pops into your mind?...
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InvestmentsOYO To Take On Airbnb With Vacation Rental Venture
India-based hotel and booking site OYO – which is the fastest-growing hotel chain in the world, according to the company – said...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsOYO Acquires Leisure Group For Europe Expansion
Indian budget hotel startup OYO, which is backed by companies like Airbnb, SoftBank and Didi, has acquired @Leisure Group from Axel Springer...
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GoogleGoogle Enhances Hotel Search With Vacation Rentals
Google has added an option to search for vacation rentals in its Hotel Search user interface, and has also reconfigured and updated...
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EcosystemsAs Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
Here’s some advice for your next, or first, trip to New Orleans (home of the PYMNTS Bureau of Crawfish): If you happen...
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Security & FraudHow HomeAway Uses Payments To Build Trust In The Sharing Economy
If the digital economy crosses borders – with commerce always on, across time zones and currencies – the platform model should be...
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Payments InnovationAirbnb Tests New Early Payout Feature
With a new experimental feature, Airbnb hosts will be able to get a partial payment soon after a guest makes a booking....
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RetailThe Power Of Platforms To Make Rental Income A Sure Thing
Inspiration for innovators often comes out of the blue. In the case of Rented.com CEO Andrew McConnell, that unexpected moment happened over...
