April 2, 2013

Could ‘Share Economy’ revolutionise the way of travelling?

The BBC reporter David Reid takes a closer look at the phenomenon ‘share economy’ and in particular shifts in attitude of consumers in respect to travelling. Whilst researching the topic he also stayed in one of 9flats accommodations and experienced an alternative way of experiencing Berlin.

November 12, 2012

INTERVIEW

Interview with Stephan Uhrenbacher

Our co-founder and CEO talks about standing out as a start-up at the recent Dublin web summit…

March 6, 2012

Interview

Pop king and queen: Porcelain Raft and Little Boots

We’re big music fans at 9flats, and love that we can offer musicians a more comfy, homely life on the road. Most recently, we provided beautiful vintage and art nouveau Berlin flats for electro-pop stars Porcelain Raft and Little Boots, both performing at Intro magazine’s 20th birthday party. We caught up with them both to [...]

January 23, 2012

Behind the scenes with 9flats

Making of our TV ad

What do 9flats, Angelina Jolie and a Golden Retriever have in common?
They all play a leading role in our new TV ad! Claudia, our host, leading actress and German voice of Angelina Jolie, invited the 9flats team over to shoot the TV commercial in her gorgeous apartment in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Check out our Making Of Video, meet Claudia’s cute Golden Retriever dog and take a peek behind the scenes – the crew had lots of fun!

January 18, 2012

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A top tip from our hosts Ralph & Maria

Let us introduce you to our hosts Ralph und Maria from Berlin, who kindly shared their number-one tip with us to get people to pick their apartment over others: “Berlin has become a crowded marketplace for holiday apartments these days and therefore, we are very happy to have found our partner 9flats.com. In order to [...]

January 18, 2012

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Glasgow: whiskey & wilderness

In December, our 9trips travel journalists Luise and Karolin flew to the east coast of Scotland and explored the city of Glasgow with its Art Nouveau buildings, fantastic second-hand shops and famous whiskey.  After checking out of their stylish 9flats apartment, they went on a trip into the wilderness and took the high road to the Scottish Highlands. Get into the Scottish swing of things [...]

October 12, 2011

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Kelly from Belgium tells us about her stay

Kelly came from Belgium to volunteer at the Social Media Week in Berlin.  Instead of booking a room in a hotel, she chose to stay in one of our clean, modern and usefully central 9flats. When we met Kelly she told us how much she enjoyed the flexibility of being able to come and go [...]

October 7, 2011

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9flats host Susi interview at the Oktoberfest

At the Oktoberfest in Munich we met up with our wonderful host Susi, who talked to us about her involvement with 9flats. She joined our Travolution almost a year ago so that her city center flats didn’t have to stay empty while she was at her countryside house. Until now she has had many great [...]

September 30, 2011

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Caitlin Coble from TOMS chats with us about 9flats

During the Social Media Week 9flats also chatted with Caitlin Coble, Social Media Manager at TOMS, the company that “gives one pair of new shoes to a child in need for every pair you purchase”. Of course, Caitlin was staying in a beautiful 9flats apartment during her time here in Berlin and she told us a little bit about her experience.

September 23, 2011

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We met Dave Brown from Etsy

We hosted a lot of interesting people in our flats during Social Media Week, Berlin. One of them was Dave Brown from handmade empire Etsy, who came all the way from New York to moderate the panel during the week. He told us he loved staying in his cosy 9flat. You can see the full [...]