Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.85 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
24
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Airbnb Ireland UC
EU Transparency Register
823871417098-42 First registered on 24 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 1.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
Main EU files targeted
Digital policy, policy initiatives specifically related to the short-term rental sector and related services, consumer policy, tourism initiatives, e-Commerce, data sharing and data protection/ GDPR, taxation, payments, package travel, AI, Single Market and the Services Directive, competition policy, sustainability.
Address
Head Office
Warehouse Building8 Hanover Quay
Dublin D02 TC96
IRELANDEU Office
Square de Meeus 35
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 75% 1 50% 2 25% 4 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.85
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Barry McKeon 24 Sep 2024 23 Sep 2025 Georgina Browes 26 Aug 2024 26 Aug 2025 Laura Schiemichen 26 Aug 2024 26 Aug 2025 Vladimir BEROUN 09 Jun 2023 08 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
Airbnb also works with the following in the context of its EU policy work:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/contacts/contact-us/europe/brussels-office/)
CMS (https://cms.law/en/bel/)Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
DOT.Europe (formerly EDiMA)
https://doteurope.eu/
European Holiday Home Association
http://ehha.eu/
European Travel Commission (Associate Member)
https://etc-corporate.org/
EU travel tech (https://eutraveltech.eu/)Member organisations
N/A
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount flint global 200,000€ - 299,999€ cms 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name freshfields bruckhaus deringer cms Closed year Costs
1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€
Other financial info
We calculated the estimate of annual costs consistent with guidelines II.5. a) heading 14. It reflects staff costs and office expenses devoted to activities covered by the register, our in-house operational expenditure on relevant EU public affairs campaigns and advocacy, the amounts we spend with consultants and other third parties on activities covered by the register, and the portion of our membership fees with trade associations that is attributable to activities covered by the register.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
https://news.airbnb.com/eu-hub/
https://www.airbnb.com/e/eu_str
https://twitter.com/airbnbpolicy?lang=enOther 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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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 - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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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 - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (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 - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Tomasz Husak (Cabinet member)
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
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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 - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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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)