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Airbnb clone 9flats acquires iStopOver

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin-based Airbnb clone 9flats today announced the acquisition of iStopOver, which is based in Toronto (Canada). This purchase will probably enable 9flats to double its total offering of apartments/homes to about 100,000 after completion of the transaction. The concrete terms of … Continue reading →

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The Airbnb clones Wimdu and 9flats can’t compete

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

It’s summer, the UEFA EURO 2012 has just begun and the Olympics start next months. It must be a great time for Airbnb and other community marketplaces for people to list, discover, and book unique spaces. Nowadays, the American original Airbnb … Continue reading →

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Axel Springer helps Airbnb to succeed in Germany

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin based media giant Axel Springer and Airbnb have agreed on a strategic marketing partnership in Germany and a minor investment by Axel Springer. Founded in 2008, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and … Continue reading →

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9flats: T-Venture leads multi million € investment

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

9flats, one of the leading European providers of private short-term rentals, just announced that it has completed a major investment round led by T-Venture, the Venture Capital arm of Deutsche Telekom AG. Conrcrete financial details of this deal were not … Continue reading →

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Wimdu: Airbnb clone plans policy to protect its hosts

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

I love it when I’m right! Only a few weeks after 9flats and Airbnb announced their host protection plans, we have just learned that Wimdu is also going to introduce such a policy (to protect property hosts) soon. The young company told the travel blog Tnooz … Continue reading →

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Airbnb clone 9flats now offers a host protection plan

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Probably as a reaction to the latest problems at Airbnb, 9flats.com, one of Europe’s largest platforms for private accommodation rentals, has now decided to offer their hosts worldwide protection for their properties. From this Thursday, German hosts are enabled to … Continue reading →

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Airbnb clone 9flats added some new languages

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

9flats, one of the German Airbnb clones, has just added some new languages to its platform. The social marketplace for “space”, which was founded by the former Qype-creator Stephan Uhrenbacher, now speaks also Turkish, Polish and Dutch. Together with the previous … Continue reading →

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Wimdu raises $90m from Kinnevik & Rocket Internet

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin based Airbnb-clone Wimdu announced today, that it has just raised $90 million from Rocket Internet and Kinnevik. As Kinnevik has announced an investment of about $35.5m, this means that Rocket Internet has pumped about $54.5m into the young … Continue reading →

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Wimdu – the international expansion of an Airbnb-clone

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The first time I mentioned the launch of Wimdu was in an article about German Airbnb clones last month. Now I just realized how quickly this startup, which is backed by Rocket Internet, has internationalized within the last weeks. Several national … Continue reading →

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Updates about 9flats and its major financing round

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Last Tuesday Stephan Uhrenbacher, the co-founder of 9flats, announced a “major” investment round via twitter. Now we have some more details: The German Airbnb-clone secured an investment of $10 million from Redpoint Ventures and eVenture Capital Partners. The fresh capital … Continue reading →

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