Creepy guests, legal woes, scared hotels

At the top of the news pile is the article from the New York Times' special Sunday travel magazine titled Su Casa Es Mi Casa.  This is the kind of guest you hope you never have to deal with: Someone who invites complete strangers he met at a bar over to his Airbnb place to look through the owners things.  Revealing quote: "The voyeuristic frame gives some Airbnb experiences a kind of erotic charge" Yuck.  Take a cold shower, get a girlfriend, stay away from my apartment.

Legal Matters

• Airbnb Case Inches Forward. Waiting for the outcome in this NYC case of an Airbnb host who wound up on the wrong side of the city's Dept. of Buildings.  Airbnb company representatives are involved. 
• Landlords beware: Airbnb is booming in big cities, but many users run legal risks

Should the Hotel Industry worry about Airbnb?

• AirBnB Flexes Its Muscles: Is the Hotel Industry Scared?
• Airbnb could disrupt supply-demand equation
• Airbnb: More Than a Threat, It’s a Great Disruptor To The Hotel & Travel Sector