Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
24
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Airbnb Ireland
EU Transparency Register
823871417098-42 First registered on 24 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
Founded in San Francisco in 2008, Airbnb is an online community marketplace that connects people who have spare space in their homes with guests who are looking for a place to stay.
The website now lists properties in over 34,000 locations in 191 countries worldwide. In 2014, over 50% of Airbnb guests stayed in Europe. Airbnb and its community are leaders in a new global economic trend: the “sharing economy”. This is a new, collaborative model of consumption that harnesses the unique power of the internet to make the sharing of physical products, private property and real-life services easier.
We welcome the discussions that have been taking place in Brussels over the last few months, which have sought to understand the implications of this new economic model for economy and society. We strongly support a greater consumer choice, and promote the role of platforms like ours in creating a safe, high-quality travel experiences.
Europe is a crucial part of our business, and we look forward to continuing to change the way in which Europeans travel by enhancing innovation and competition in the field of tourism.
For more information about our engagement with regulators and governments worldwide, please visit our public policy blog: https://www.airbnbaction.comMain EU files targeted
Tourism Policy, Digital Agenda, Digital Single Market, e-Commerce, Data Protection, e-Privacy, etc.
Address
Head Office
The Watermarque Building
South Lotts Road
Ringsend, Dublin 4
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Mar 2016
Name Start date End Date Vladimir BEROUN 09 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Ms Georgina Browes 21 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr Barry MCKEON 14 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Laura SCHIEMICHEN 06 Jan 2023 06 Jan 2024 Ms Luise Anne CASTLUNGER 28 Sep 2022 01 Apr 2023 Vladimir BEROUN 29 Jun 2022 09 Jun 2023 Ms Laura SCHIEMICHEN 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Ms Georgina Browes 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Ms Laura SCHIEMICHEN 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Georgina Browes 09 Jan 2019 09 Jan 2020 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Patrick Robinson (Head of Public Policy, EMEA & Canada)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Eoin Hession (Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
24 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 20 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject short term rentals and sustainable tourism Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject discuss ukrainian refugees and actions taken by Airbnb DG Migration and Home Affairs Attending - Monique Pariat (Director-General)
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Date 16 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Short Term rental Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Regulation for short term rentals Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Dec 2020 Location Brussels (virtual) Subject DSA, DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2020 Location Brussels (webex) Subject Pandemic effects, practive work with local and national governments (e.g. on host registration, over-tourism), Digitl Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Platforms regulation and sustainable tourism Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Sep 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject To discuss Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject latest developments in the payments field; PSD2;AML Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject rural tourism Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Sep 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject CPC action concerning the EU consumer law compliance of the terms and conditions of Airbnb Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Sep 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Consumers protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss the digital service tax. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Platform-to-business Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Mar 2017 Location Berlaymont Subject Collaborative Economy DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Internet platforms DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Thibaut Kleiner (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2016 Location San Francisco Subject innovation, start-ups, collaborative economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Tomasz Husak (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Collaborative economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2016 Location paris Subject collaborative economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Collaborative economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2016 Location Amsterdam Subject Platforms, collaborative economy, startups Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Sharing ecnonomy and the accommodation sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Agenda, sharing economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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