Roomorama: We focus on B2C type of listings as opposed to Airbnb’s peer-to-peer offerings, and further, most of our properties are in the mid-range to higher end. Wherever there are opportunities and potential for growth, there will be competition, and we think this is healthy for the market and the industry.
travelmob: For us, we’ve always maintained a regional dedication to building Asia Pacific as a destination for global travellers from Day 1. We continue to be committed to the region and to building solutions and services that cater to both travellers visiting APAC destinations as well as for property owners based here. Our mission remains: to lead the social stay market in Asia Pacific.
travelmob: スタート時から一貫してアジア太平洋を世界の旅行者のデスティネーションとして構築すべく、地元に密着したサービスを提供し続けている。これからも地域への貢献を続け、アジア太平洋を訪れる旅行者と、物件所有者両方に対するソリューションとサービスを築いていく。
我々の使命がアジア太平洋のソーシャルステイ市場を牽引することに変わりはない。
travelmob：「私たちは、アジア太平洋地域を世界の旅行者が最初に訪れる土地とするための地域的な取り組みに常に携わっております。同地域に最大限の努力を注ぎ、ソリューションを構築、アジア太平洋地域を訪れる旅行者とともに同地域を拠点とする物件のオーナーにも満足の行くサービスを提供し続けます。私たちのミッションはこれからも変わらず、アジア太平洋地域におけるソーシャルステイ市場をリードします。」
9flats: As you know we already opened our Singapore office in 2011 with Wei Leen at the helm. At the time we were extremely pleased with Singapore as a location to build our presence in south east Asia. We even contemplated to move part of our development team to Singapore. However we discovered that the burden of intercontinental communication across times zones made this not as feasible. We like to remain focused and nimble.
Author’s note:
While short-term rental stay might be illegal in some countries, especially in Singapore where permission to sublet your property to visitors has to be sought from the authority, that did not dampen the growth of the industry. From the various responses by the main players in the short-term rental space, AirBnB is very bullish about Thailand and Indonesia, Roomorama also expects a huge inventory boost in the new year, travelmob has plans to expand beyond Southeast Asia into APAC, while 9flats focuses less on this region due to operational challenges.
いくつかの国々において、短期レンタルステイは非合法の恐れがある。特にシンガポールで不動産を訪問者に又貸しするためには、当局から許可を得なくてはならない。しかし、それらのせいで同産業の成長が止まることはなかった。短期レンタル業界の主要なプレイヤーたちの様々な回答をまとめてみよう。AirBnBはタイとインドネシア市場で非常に強気、Roomoramaは2013年に物件リストを大きく拡大予定、travelmobは東南アジアからアジア太平洋地域へと事業拡大を計画しており、一方で9flatsは運営上の問題から同地域での取り組みを縮小する。
While short-term rental stay is going to become more popular and common, people would not even realize that it is not legal. It is up to the government to either embrace this new trend, or to give these short-term rental websites or the property hosts a bad time.
