Category: mayors

Grubhub waives fees for independent restaurants impacted by COVID-19

[ad_1] Today, the company announced that it is temporarily suspending its commission fees (up to $100 million) for independent restaurants nationwide. According to CNBC, those restaurants sometimes pay commission fees as high as 30 percent on orders delivered by third-party companies like Grubhub. It makes sense from a business perspective. Independent restaurants drive more than […]

Airbnb officially bans all ‘open-invite’ house parties

[ad_1] Airbnb has always prohibited “unauthorized” house parties thrown without the consent of the host. However, it has now instituted a global ban on “any event that the organizer opens up to anyone who wants to attend, such as gatherings advertised on social media,” wrote Airbnb’s VP of trust Margaret Richardson. She added that anyone […]