Battle of the beds: visitors embracing city’s 200 Airbnb properties

David Fitzsimons
Updated March 27 2017 - 5:19pm, first published 5:00pm
EARLY ADOPTER: Gordon Muir was one
of the first people in Orange to rent out his
house via Airbnb. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS
EARLY ADOPTER: Gordon Muir was one of the first people in Orange to rent out his house via Airbnb. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS

About 200 Airbnb rental properties have opened in Orange in just two years – sparking a row with bed and breakfast operators who say their turnover has slumped by 30 per cent.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.

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