Global short-term rental marketplace founded in 2008. Pioneered the home-sharing economy and remains the largest peer-to-peer accommodation platform.
Airbnb's fall release adds AI search for guests, a social layer, more bookable services and a set of AI-assisted tools for hosts.
The agreement targets India's homestay ecosystem and lesser-known destinations through training, workshops and promotion.
Airbnb's engineers describe a location-based method to tailor what anonymous visitors see, without logins or cookies.
Vrbo will charge all hosts and property managers a flat 12% commission from October 29, 2026, while sharply cutting guest fees.
Airbnb groups roughly 1,000 nearby users into a shared key to personalize for visitors with no history or identifier.
At Skift Global Forum, Brian Chesky said Airbnb now lists more than 4,000 hotels and is open to major chains, as it softens its "no commodities" stance.
Brian Chesky says Airbnb's relaunched Experiences business found its footing in Paris by selling to residents, not just tourists, growing bookings there sixfold year over year, a strategy rivals like Viator and GetYourGuide have largely ignored.
Airbnb will launch its own AI agent next year, Brian Chesky told Skift Global Forum, adding that the interface will be "much richer than a chatbot."
A new agreement gives Airbnb's engineering and product teams broader access to OpenAI frontier models, including GPT-6 Astra, via OpenAI's APIs and Amazon Bedrock.
Airbnb's new 'Farm to Stay' grants target agritourism supply, backed by data showing US farm stays earned nearly $120 million on the platform in 2025.
Vrbo and Airbnb are leaning into paid placement just as personal AI booking agents arrive. One of them, Instinct, told Skift that paid placement carries no weight in its choices and that it defaults to booking direct.
Guests on eligible US trips can now order Instacart groceries inside the Airbnb app up to three weeks before check-in, and hosts in Phoenix and Orlando can opt in to stock the fridge before arrival.