Airbnb and Minut target anti-social behaviour with new campaign

UK: As part of its ongoing commitment to healthy and responsible tourism in the UK, Airbnb is collaborating with property monitoring company Minut to support its Good Neighbour Campaign, bringing together a a series of measures and resources to help combat anti-social behaviour in short-term rentals.

Fresh data released by Airbnb has revealed the extent to which the company is enforcing its global ban on [unauthorised] parties, deterring community disturbances and preventing issues before they start in short-term rentals across the UK over the last 12 months. This includes blocking more than 55,000 people from making certain bookings on Airbnb over this time, and in the two years since the technology launched, approximately 135,000 people in the UK have been prevented from making certain bookings.

According to Airbnb, the system focuses primarily on guests “under the age of 25 without positive reviews who are booking locally”.

By partnering with Minut, hosts in more than 60 countries and regions including the UK are being offered a free Minut noise sensor and three months of free subscription to the company’s noise and occupancy monitoring service. That is accompanied by the integration of Minut noise alerts [through Minut’s guest communication feature Guest Connect] and Airbnb’s messaging tool to help make resolution of potential noise issues between hosts and guests faster and more seamless.

The integration of Minut noise alerts with Airbnb’s…