News about airbnb

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Airbnb is looking to expand into the transportation business, said its Genaral Manager, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan Mike Orgill.

如今大马住宅房产滞销量写下历年新高，屋主也在奋力抢租客，这种时候，如果发展商和投资者无法把旗下单位租出，他们可以有什么对策呢？ 在单位无法找到长期租户时，业主能够改变策略，考虑短期出租的方法。 不过，管理短租的单位相当费时费力，尤其是当你手头上同时放租好几个单位的时候。 在此情况下，有什么解决方法吗？ 由Yap Vin Li和Yap Zer Ken这对兄妹在2016年创办的Plush Services，就是为了协助短租单位的屋主管理业务而成立。 Zer Ken告诉EdgeProp.

With unsold completed residential properties at an all-time high in Malaysia and with landlords competing for tenants amidst a slowdown, there is one thing developers and property investors with empty homes could do — rent them out for short-term rentals instead of waiting for long-term leases.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): Budget hotels in the country are struggling to keep afloat mainly because of an oversupply of hotels in cities such as KL, lower tourism arrivals last year, completion from Airbnb and online travel agencies (OTA) while the tourism tax and Sales and Service Tax (SST) provided an extra “burden”, The Star reported today.

PETALING JAYA (May 8): A woman’s occupational habit stood her in good stead when she foiled a peeping Tom’s months-long bedroom recordings in his Airbnb unit in eastern China.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Short-term rentals such as those offered by Airbnb will remain illegal in Singapore, the city state's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) announced today after nearly four years of discussions with relevant parties, say reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Airbnb today said any cap on short-term rentals would be the equivalent of putting a cap on Malaysian tourism.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): In a survey commissioned by Airbnb, half of the 880 respondents would prefer to have a national set of guidelines for short-term rentals.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Women hosts on Airbnb make up almost 50% of all hosts in Malaysia, and they earn an average annual income of RM5,793.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): There are currently no registration forms for Airbnb hosts to register their properties with municipal authorities, despite amendments having been made to the Tourism Industry Act recently to extend registration requirements to all homes, said Airbnb.