Airbnb Inc wants a truce with Barcelona. Barcelona is now the fourth-biggest city for Airbnb rentals in Europe behind Paris, London and Rome and the ninth-biggest in the world. As many as 900,000 people used Airbnb to arrange accommodation in Barcelona in 2015, according to the company. Stirring tensionsThe platform’s growth in Barcelona mirrors its booming business around the world, stirring tensions with civic authorities. “Airbnb is part of the solution in Barcelona,” said Arnaldo Munoz, general manager of marketing services for Airbnb in Spain and Portugal.

Source: The Star February 07, 2017 05:35 UTC