Airbnb launches ‘City Portal’ in Seattle and beyond to help cities gain insight into listings, enforce laws

Airbnb is lastly answering the decision from cities, together with Seattle, that need a neater option to work together with the hospitality firm and discover assist and information associated to listings. The corporate has launched Metropolis Portal as a useful resource for governments and tourism organizations, it mentioned Wednesday.

The answer is meant to assist cities acquire extra details about listings and join with Airbnb assist within the occasion that hosts usually are not complying with native legal guidelines. Tourism companions may acquire extra perception into the place friends are coming from.

Metropolis Portal will present:

• A dashboard, together with native and world Airbnb information insights into short-term rental market traits and remitted vacationer tax income in locations the place tax agreements have been established.
• Compliance instruments to assist governments develop and handle truthful short-term rental insurance policies and rules.
• A central location for assets such because the Airbnb Neighborhood Assist hotline and Legislation Enforcement portal.
• Direct entry to an Airbnb crew member, offering one-to-one assist with Metropolis Portal for points that come up domestically.

Along with Seattle, Metropolis Portal is launching with pilot cities together with San Francisco, New Orleans, Vancouver, B.C., and Buffalo, N.Y., and tourism group companions akin to Go to Tampa Bay, the Metropolis of Krakow, and Go to Scotland.