Airbnb founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, recently moved out of his apartment and has vowed to stay at homes with rooms for rent until the end of the year. Airbnb is a marketplace for these sort of accommodations, which differ from more traditional bed and breakfast and vacation rental websites such as HomeAway, BedandBreakfast.com and [...]
HomeAway today announced their acquisition of bed and breakfast website, BedandBreakfast.com. This acquisition continues to build on HomeAway’s strategy of providing lodging alternatives to hotels, as featured in their recent “Hotel Hell” Superbowl TV commerical.
BedandBreakfast.com adds about 10,000 B&B listings to HomeAway’s already massive directory of vacation rentals. Both companies are based in Austin Texas [...]