Australian court fines Airbnb over misleading accommodation pricing
Between January 2018 and August 2021, Airbnb Ireland, which operates in Australia, admitted that it misled consumers by displaying prices using only the '$' sign, without clarifying that the prices were in U.S. dollars and not in the local currency, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement. Airbnb has worked constructively with the ACCC, said Susan Wheeldon, Airbnb's country manager for Australia and New Zealand, while clarifying that the final payment amount displayed the applicable currency code including in the U.S. dollar at a point w...