Airbnb slugged with $15 million penalty for misleading Aussie customers
The Federal Court has ordered Airbnb to pay $15 million in penalties after it admitted to misleading Australian consumers.
Airbnb admitted “making false or misleading representations” between January 2018 and August 2021, where pricing was assumed to be in Australian dollars, but was actually charged as US dollars. About 70,000 consumers were slugged with the higher prices.
