Short-stay accommodation provider Airbnb is fined $15 million for tricking tens of thousands of customers into paying higher prices for years by falsely charging them in US dollars.

  • Airbnb misled Australian customers by charging them in US dollars when they made a booking.

  • The short-stay accommodation provider has been fined $15 million for breaching consumer law, and will pay $400,000 towards the ACCC’s costs.

  • Airbnb will also spend about $15 million to compensate more than 63,000 affected customers.