May 2022
May 2022 was the month Airbnb rebuilt its front page. On 11 May it launched Categories, Split Stays and AirCover for guests, eight days after reporting first-quarter revenue of $1.5 billion. On 24 May it said it would take down its listings in mainland China from 30 July. Away from Airbnb, Aspen moved to cap short-term rental permits, Ireland's government weighed suspending short-term lets, a property management software company raised money, and OYO bought a Croatian rental agency.
A look back, written in October 2026 from sources published in May 2022. Stay Gazette opened in July 2026.
Platforms · 11 May 2022Airbnb Rebuilds Its Search Around Categories and Adds a Guest GuaranteeAirbnb opened its home page on 56 categories in place of the destination box, began pairing homes for long trips and gave guests 72 hours to report a listing that was not as advertised. Hosts lost some say over how their homes were found.By Jesse Kohl · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
World · 24 May 2022Airbnb Decides to Close Its Domestic Business in Mainland ChinaAirbnb told its users in China that it would suspend every home and Experience in the mainland from 30 July 2022 and keep only the outbound business. The New York Times put the listings affected at roughly 150,000.By Tomás Ferreira · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
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What else was reported in May 2022
- 3 May 2022On 3 May 2022 Airbnb reported first-quarter revenue of $1.5 billion, up 70% year over year, and a net loss of $19 million; it said nights and experiences booked had passed 100 million in a quarter for the first time. Airbnb Newsroom
- 3 May 2022Aspen, Colorado council members agreed to cut short-term rental permits to 75 per cent of the number then active, a cap of 398 residential units when 535 permits were active, with a three-strikes rule for permit revocation, Short Term Rentalz reported on 3 May 2022. Short Term Rentalz
- 3 May 2022Ireland's government was weighing an emergency move to suspend short-term letting to free homes for long-term tenants, while the opposition party Sinn Féin proposed a bill for stricter enforcement, Short Term Rentalz reported on 3 May 2022. Short Term Rentalz
- 9 May 2022The Indian hospitality company OYO announced that it had bought Direct Booker, a Dubrovnik vacation rental agency that said it managed over 3,200 homes, for $5.5 million, Short Term Rentalz reported on 9 May 2022. Short Term Rentalz
- 26 May 2022Hostfully, a San Francisco maker of property management software and digital guidebooks for short-term rental managers, added $4 million to its seed round, which brought its total funding to $7 million, Short Term Rentalz reported on 26 May 2022. Short Term Rentalz
- 31 May 2022Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said it had opened cases against Airbnb and other companies, among them Google and Apple, over alleged violations of personal data storage law, Short Term Rentalz reported on 31 May 2022. Short Term Rentalz