There are 12 article(s) tagged Airbnb:

• August 2023

  • Memphis short-term rental market on track with U.S. data

    While the Airbnb market has seen occupancy rates decline over the past year, listings and bookings are increasing. 

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    Memphis Airbnb hosts have mixed opinions on new ordinance

    By Sophia Surrett August 07, 2023

  • Memphis Airbnb hosts have mixed opinions on new ordinance

    “I think the three sleeping rooms is ridiculous,” said Morgan Pettigrew, owner of Pettigrew Adventures. “The county thinks putting a three-sleeping room limit on the house is going to somehow stop the party.”

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    Memphis short-term rental market on track with U.S. data

    By Sophia Surrett August 07, 2023

• November 2022

  • Arlington eyes various zoning changes

    The Arlington Planning Commission endorses restrictions on several businesses, such as the location of gas stations and convenience stores, sending the recommendations to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

    By Michael Waddell November 28, 2022

• October 2022

  • Young Avenue Sound is ready for long plays, short stays

    The new owners of Young Avenue Sound have renovated the building and kept the recording studios, but they’ve also added Airbnbs. 

    By Jordan Arellano October 29, 2022

• November 2021

  • Council approves ‘gas in the back, store up front’ rules

    The new rules for gas stations are in the first of two City Council measures that include a downzoning of 20 areas of the city to limit the spread of auto-related businesses. 

    By Bill Dries November 03, 2021

• April 2020

  • Memphis Airbnb hosts getting hit, but optimistic for future

    This is usually a good time of year for Memphis Airbnb hosts to be booked for months, but they are losings thousands of dollars in income until travel resumes.

    By Erinn Figg April 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • Retail-ready spaces coming Downtown

    The Downtown Memphis Commission staff particularly liked that the three ground-floor retail bays are virtually ready now for tenants.

    By Tom Bailey January 14, 2020

  • Short-term rentals, retail proposed for S. Main building

    A New York developer plans to convert one of the South Main District's brick, two-story buildings into 18 short-term rental apartments and three ground-floor retail bays. 

    By Tom Bailey January 08, 2020

• April 2019

  • Memphis builder erects 2nd house dedicated to Airbnb

    Robert Durbin is building a second, two-story house he designed and dedicates for Airbnb guests.

    By Tom Bailey April 23, 2019

• January 2019

  • Airbnb says Shelby hosts pocketed 53 percent more in 2018

    Airbnb said Shelby County hosts in 2018 served 51 percent more guests and took in 53 percent more in revenues.

    By Wayne Risher January 08, 2019

• September 2018

  • Mound City sharecropper houses invite visitors to explore area’s rural roots

    Thirteen minutes from Main Street, Memphis, a centuries-old Indian mound rises above washboard-flat crop land in the old farm settlement of Mound City, Arkansas.

    By Wayne Risher September 30, 2018

  • New Victorian Village home built for Airbnb guests

    A house now under construction in Victorian Village is rare in two ways. It’s the first home in more than a century to be built in the 600 block of Adams, the core of old 19th-century neighborhood of mansions. And, the new house is intended solely for Airbnb guests.

    By Tom Bailey September 18, 2018