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Will Berlin follow New York and rule Airbnb-style sites illegal?
Berlin is heading for a ban on short-term holiday rentals including many of those listed on Airbnb, HouseTrip, 9Flats, Wimdu et al, according to HouseTrip CEO Arnaud Bertrand. The head of the Lausanne-headquartered online booking company visited
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Airbnb deemed illegal in New York City in landmark ruling
Officials in New York City have ruled that some hosts using Airbnb, the game-changing peer-to-peer holiday rental service are acting illegally. The case centred around Nigel Warren, a casual Airbnb user who rented out his East Village
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Rocket Internet’s Wimdu rumoured to be struggling to find buyers
Berlin-based peer-to-peer accommodation service and Rocket Internet portfolio company Wimdu is causing the company builder strife, according to online magazine Focus. According to Focus, industry insiders say potential investors have been put off due to the
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HouseTrip raises $40m from Accel, Balderton, Index Ventures
Holiday rental marketplace HouseTrip has raised a new $40million of investment funding and released figures to show it’s sitting on 130,000 listed properties in 15,000 destinations around the world. The new funds, a Series C round
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Airbnb rival Wimdu confirms cuts to international offices, refocus on Berlin
Wimdu, the Airbnb rival backed by the Samwer brothers’ Rocket Internet, is trimming down its international offices and moving some international staff into the company’s Berlin HQ. The backdrop: tense competition in the market
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Jobs of the week – Work for Team Europe, Wimdu and Wooga
Does your career trajectory feel like poor old Asimo’s? Do you feel like you’re walking up life’s ladder only to fall back down again? Maybe you need a change of career? We’ve got some
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Jobs of the Week – Work for Wummelkiste, Team Europe, Wimdu and Wooga
Are you a startup dynamo on the prowl for a promising, new career? Then venture no further! Berlin’s got the goods when it comes to startup opportunities, and we’ve got the top of this
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Rocket Internet to shut down Turkey operations
Rocket Internet is understood to be shutting down its operations in Turkey to focus on other parts of its portfolio, which seems likely to result in widespread job losses. Rocket Internet, owned by Marc,
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Who’s afraid of Airbnb? 9flats founder Stephan Uhrenbacher talks clones and North America
The take-off success of peer-to-peer online rental service Airbnb, valued at over US$1 billion, is, unsurprisingly, prompting a suite of similar services around the world. One, 9flats, is based in Germany, and yesterday announced
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Jobs of the week – Work for Team Europe, Atlantic Ventures, Wooga and Wimdu
It’s that time of the week again! Job-hunting in Berlin just got easier with our exciting run-down of startup careers. So sit-back, get applying, and keep a few surprises up your sleeve – like
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