Week 8 of This Week in Airbnb (and Beyond) - Airbnb Open and HomeAway Acquisition Edition! Every week we discuss the top Airbnb, vacation rental, and homestay news with experts from the industry. As always, check out Beyond Pricing (www.beyondpricing.com) to optimize your Airbnb and vacation rental pricing. Subscribe to our iTunes feed! itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-…ond/id1021373875 This week we talk with Matteo Gamba of All About Airbnb (www.all-about-airbnb) about the biggest news coming out of the Airbnb Open, held last week in Paris. Topics covered include: * Airbnb's new Host Assist offering * Airbnb's new Community& Groups replacement * HomeAway's $3.9B acquisition by Expedia Check out our guest for inside info on the latest developments with Airbnb: All About Airbnb (www.all-about-airbnb.com)