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This International Women’s Day, Airbnb is celebrating the growing community of women hosts and female guests who play a vital role in the hospitality sector. Embracing this year’s International Women’s Day theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion’, Airbnb acknowledged the diverse and dynamic ways in which women leverage the platform to foster economic opportunities, inclusivity and entrepreneurship across India.

In 2023, women hosts in India, constituting nearly 30% of the country’s Airbnb hosting community, have been instrumental in creating unique guest experiences. Indian women hosts collectively earned over ₹200 crores in 2023, showcasing the…

This International Women’s Day, Airbnb is celebrating the growing community of women hosts and female guests who play a vital role in the hospitality sector. Embracing this year’s International Women’s Day theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion’, Airbnb acknowledged the diverse and dynamic ways in which women leverage the platform to foster economic opportunities, inclusivity and entrepreneurship across India.

In 2023, women hosts in India, constituting nearly 30% of the country’s Airbnb hosting community, have been instrumental in creating unique guest experiences….

Airbnb customers have been shocked to discover they have been staying under the same roof as a registered sex offender.

The small Ringwood rental unit, in Melbourne’s outer-east has been listed on the platform for eight years.

It advertises a room with a single bed, alongside a heads up – ‘you’ll share parts of the home with the host’ – including a shared bathroom.

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That host is Serge Ranwala, who in 2016 was found guilty of 11 charges, including two counts of committing an indecent act with a person having a cognitive impairment and nine counts of sexual penetration.

He committed the crimes on a disabled resident over four days in May 2014, while working…

The Color Purple star Fantasia Barrino is saying she and her family were racially profiled by Airbnb. The actress shared that they were staying at a house booked on the website to celebrate her son’s birthday. She wrote on Twitter, “My stomach is so uneasy this morning. I don’t say much when people do me wrong, but I can’t stay quiet on how my family and I were just treated from a host with @Airbnb @airbnbhelp trying to kick my kids and I out at 12:00 midnight. The host accused us of having a party with loud noises outdoors because they saw balloons being dropped off and a game truck with no generator in the early part of the day.” She added, “It’s evident to me this was racial profiling and the treatment we received was due to the color of our…