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*Serial squatter Elizabeth Hirschhorn has lived in Sascha Jovanovic’s Bentwood Airbnb home for 500 days rent-free and is demanding 100K in compensation to vacate the property.  According to multiple reports, Hirschhorn refuses to leave the $3.8 million California mansion after overstaying her welcome. Jovanovic, a renowned dentist, rented out the guesthouse on Airbnb in […]

*Today, Thursday, January 25, “The Real” hosts reveal if they have more sex when staying in an AirBnb, and whether they’d turn in a family member for committing a crime. The ladies also pull off a Hotline Bling surprise for a young fan with the help of her mother. Later, actors Loretta Devine and Meta […]

 *Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff gave fans a tour of the “Fresh Prince” mansion, ahead of its rental event on Airbnb.  We previously reported…the iconic mansion from the hit series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” is available for rent for a limited time on Airbnb — and Smith will play host! On […]

*The popularity of Airbnb — the site that allows would-be travelers to find more personalized lodgings on the cheap and lets homeowners rent out their spaces to bring in extra income — only continues to grow. And now, there’s even a show that is all about making the most out of this side hustle. […]

*With all that Fantasia Barrino’s got going on (think “The Color Purple” and a Golden Globe nom), she’s feeling some kind of way about an Airbnb situation that she’s framing a  “racial profiling” incident. “My stomach is so uneasy this morning as I’m riding back to my home in the cold and rain,” Barrino […]

*The world’s last Blockbuster Video is renting out its store as an overnight Airbnb. The Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Ore., will soon allow stays for local residents only, according to a company press release on Tuesday.  “Starting August 17 at 1 p.m. PST on Airbnb, Deschutes County residents can call dibs on (aka […]

[…] house —they remained pressed to call the cops on us. The caucasity continues…. this time it’s an incident involving three black filmmakers who were staying in an Airbnb home rental in Rialto, Calif. A woman named Kells Fyffe-Marshall posted on her Facebook page last week that she and two other friends were leaving their […]

[…] victim of what is basically an assault is speaking out. The incident happened to Sibahle “Stevie” Nkumbi in Amsterdam. The man who pushed her out of her Airbnb rental is reportedly the building’s landlord. His over-reaction was supposedly due her checking after the designated time. Amsterdam media reports that the suspect was arrested and held […]

[…] be seen. #30. Joe Gebbia – Age: 41 – Net worth: $6.5 billion (#146 richest in the U.S., #369 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Airbnb Joe Gebbia co-founded Airbnb in 2008 with business partners Nathan Blecharczyk and Brian Chesky in Gebbia’s San Francisco apartment. The company now offers more than 6 […]

*NPR recently hosted a Twitter chat surrounding the hashtag # AirbnbWhileBlack, which was created by Quirtina Crittenden to share the challenges that black Airbnb renters have faced while using the website, reports the Huffington Post. Hundreds of users voiced frustrations with the service, and many people reported having difficulties when trying to book places […]

[…] $1 million to cities showcasing stellar best-practices in the areas of climate protection, community development, and college & career-readiness training. The Conference is proud to announce that Airbnb is the title sponsor for this year’s Annual Meeting. Founded in 2008, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique […]

[…] June 28, 2021. According to RadarOnline.com, Moore and three of his friends traveled for vacation from New Jersey to Texas in June 2021, where they stayed at an Airbnb in Spring, as Front Page Detectives reported. While there, Moore invited a woman he met out on the town to his Airbnb. At the time, she […]

[…] First, CLEO SPEAKS spotlights two advocates working to impact the technology industry starting with Valeisha Butterfield-Jones, Google’s Global Head of Community and Inclusion, at 9 A.M. ET/8c followed by Janaye Ingram, Director of National Partnerships for Airbnb, at 9:15 A.M ET/8:15C.  Next, JUST EATS WITH CHEF JJ host a dinner party for guests including Singer Leela James, Supermodel Afiya Bennett and Fitness Trainer LLoyd Dickenson at 12 P.M. ET/ 11C. Rounding out the […]

*It’s no surprise that the same racial bias seen among home providers on  Airbnb has also reared its discriminatory head among drivers for Uber and Lyft. A new study from researchers at MIT, Stanford and the University of Washington found that Uber drivers in Boston canceled rides for men with black-sounding names more than twice […]

*JAY-Z and Will Smith are expanding their already impressive business portfolios by investing in the Airbnb-like camping app Hipcamp.  The company announced on Thursday that it has taken $25 million in its latest round of fundraising, and among those investors is JAY-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC fund, per Complex.  “Hipcamp […]