Airbnb violated pricing laws and did not prominently display licenses on the homepage! Affiliates were fined

On February 10, Nandu reporter noted that Airbnb affiliate Angel Network (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Angel" Company) was warned by the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and fined 400,000 yuan for illegally using the crossed line price in the "Airbnb" App it operated and failing to continuously publish business-related license information in a prominent position on the home page.

From January 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021, the Airbnb App operated by Anpione has not continuously published the "Value-added Telecom Business License" or the link logo of the above information in a conspicuous position on the homepage.

In addition, the license publicity behavior of the operators in the "Airbnb" App platform is operated by The Company, but the Company only sets up the function of publicizing the information of the operator's Business License in the platform, and does not set up the function of publicizing the information of the Special Industry License. After investigation, from January 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021, the hotels (operators in the platform) that cooperated with and operated with Amphibine Company had the problem of not continuously publishing the "Special Industry License" or the link identification of the above information in a conspicuous position on the homepage, but still operated normally, and Amphibious Company did not take necessary measures.

Nandu reporter noted that since November 2018, Angel has carried out promotional activities on the "Airbnb" App it operates in the form of a cross-line price. After verification, the price of the line in the promotion is entered by the operator in the platform based on the price recommended by the Airbnb App or otherwise. The Airbnb App operated by Antibes carries out price promotions based on the crossed price, does not accurately indicate or indicate the meaning of the crossed price, and does not prove that the marked compared price is true and based.

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision believed that The above-mentioned behavior of Amphibine violated the relevant provisions of the Price Law and the E-commerce Law, so it warned it and fined it 400,000 yuan.

According to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, Angel Network (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was established in January 2016 with a registered capital of 2 million yuan, and its main business scope is Internet information services, software development, economic and trade consulting, design, production, agency, advertising, tourism information consulting, etc. The legal representative is Zhiqiu Kong, who also serves as Vice President and Head of Marketing and Growth at Airbnb China.

According to public information, Airbnb is a global homestay short-term rental apartment booking platform, one of the representatives of the development of the sharing economy in recent years. The website was founded in August 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. At present, Airbnb has more than 5.6 million listings in 220 countries and regions around the world, and about 1 billion people have stayed in Airbnb listings. Until August 2015, Airbnb announced that it had officially entered the Chinese market. In March 2017, Airbnb officially announced its Chinese name as "Airbnb", which is the first name Chinese airbnb has promoted two years after announcing its entry into the Chinese market.

It is worth noting that on November 5, 2021, Airbnb released its third quarter 2021 financial report, which led to Airbnb revenue of $2.2 billion, up 36% from the same period in 2019 before the epidemic, bucking the trend. At the same time, net profit reached $834 million, nearly 4 times the same period in 2020.

Written by: Intern Zeng Han Nandu reporter Fang Shiqi