Airbnb’s popular home rental model has spawned a wave of spin-off start-ups, from cleaning services to listings managers. Among them is Flatbook, which covers its users’ rent while they are away to make subletting easy. How’s its hotel-like service become a hit with students, families and landlords?

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.

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?

Luxury French travel service Au Fur et à Mesure is rethinking the answer to ‘where should I go on holiday this year?’ with a visual and emotional approach that's tailored to specific demographics, life events, and emotional goals – but is it a success?