The traditional hotel star rating doesn't work for Millennials. But from updating décor to offering choice and control, Marriott International is rethinking their business model in a $60m rebrand that focuses entirely on the Millennial mindset.

Day rates were once only found at seedy motels, but Barcelona-based start-up ByHours is partnering with high-end hotels across Europe to offer short stays to the next generation of business travellers looking to freshen up, take a nap and reply to emails before an important meeting or afternoon flight.

Planning a family trip with kids can be daunting. Is the the villa baby-proofed? Is there a kids' menu in the restaurant? Relieving the pressure, Kid & Coe offers a curated selection of child-friendly property rentals that help families feel at home anywhere in the world.

Airbnb has over 800,000 listings in 33,000 cities, with as many 425,000 people staying on a peak night. Hilton’s new brand Canopy wants to be the best ‘local’ hotel in the neighbourhood, but can it lure back the sharing economy generation?

Huntbnb is the anti-Airbnb. While the latter has had over 11 million people renting a place through its platform, the former lets concerned landlords check if their tenants are illegally subletting their rooms and apartments. Will the law catch up with Airbnb?

The ‘sharing economy’ has taken the travel industry by storm. Now, ‘collaborative consumption’ is going luxe. But what does this shift mean for luxury travel? Will exclusive clubs and networks formerly accessible only to the super-wealthy become the new norm?

You've booked a room through Airbnb, but what do you do when you get there? The room sharing platform is testing a new feature called 'Local Companion', a concierge service that connects you to locals at your destination, who can tell you where's hot and what's pop.

'Unhotel' service onefinestay allows well-heeled travellers to live like locals in luxurious surroundings. A concierge service and careful property curation provide value at a time when comparison sites are seeing hotels lose their spark.