The French Senate has greenlit measures to apply value-added tax (VAT) to Airbnb and similar platforms, aiming to address perceived competition imbalances with the hotel sector. Under the existing ...

A property owner in northern France has been fined €33,000 for letting a home on Airbnb without authorisation, in the first ...

Investigation'The Airbnb Ogre' (3/6). Turning an apartment into short-term tourist accommodation may seem harmless. But on a large scale, it ends up transforming entire cities and daily life for their ...

For the 2026 edition, Airbnb is partnering with On the Route of the Stage to highlight the iconic places that make up France’s rich heritage. At every stage, th ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Airbnb recently announced two new initiatives to help assuage the ...

Two years ago, the founders of Airbnb were asking themselves what the company could become, now that its vision of becoming the world’s largest home-share community had come true beyond their wildest ...