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Rental platforms face renewed crackdown in Beijing
Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: A significant number of short-term rental listings on platforms such as Airbnb in Beijing are reportedly being shut down on the orders of the city’s government. Chinese investigative journalism website Caixin said that nine short-term rental platforms, including the likes of Airbnb, Trip.com, Meituan and Tujia, were summoned to a meeting on 20 August […]
Meituan rebrands Hazelnut accommodation marketplace
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: On-demand service provider Meituan – Dianping has rebranded its existing accommodation marketplace Hazelnut B&B as Meituan B&B. The marketplace seeks to match up individual landlords with those who want to stay in local rental homes rather than hotels. Since launching Hazelnut in 2017, Meituan has secured over 720,000 places for travellers in more than […]