Analysis

October 22, 2020

Europe’s startups battle Airbnb for digital nomad market

As the pandemic sees more people adopt the digital nomad life, European startups are challenging Airbnb for dominance of the mid-term rental market.


Last week, Flatio and NomadX, two of Europe's largest rental platforms focused on the mid-term rental market, announced they were merging, as the companies looked to better position themselves to fend off Airbnb and others in the battle for the rapidly expanding market. 

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Professor Hans Koster
Hans Koster, professor of urban economics and real estate at Vrije University Amsterdam
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Barcelona Airbnb
Short-term tourist lets are blamed for an exodus of local people from the centre of Barcelona
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