Global short-term rental marketplace founded in 2008. Pioneered the home-sharing economy and remains the largest peer-to-peer accommodation platform.
Uber and Airbnb are both selling hotel rooms now, from opposite starting points. Skift argues neither has yet shown the hotel bet is incremental rather than cannibalized.
Airbnb has extended its guest-journey sequence recommender with two new Chronon capabilities, so search results adjust as a guest browses instead of waiting for the next batch run.
After a Q2 that knocked a quarter off its share price, Tripadvisor's market cap sits near $1.1bn and the sale speculation has restarted. Its billion reviews are an asset — the question is whether it can charge for them.
Airbnb has promoted Zhiqiu Kong to regional director for Asia, putting China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia under one leader. Michael He takes over as China country manager.
Airbnb has committed $250 million to finishing stalled housing projects and will publish an annual index scoring cities on housing supply. For operators facing short-term rental caps, the index matters more than the money.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky called sponsored listings "a straight shot to $1 billion incremental high margin revenue" and pointed to supply-side services as the company's main margin opportunity.
The first grant under Airbnb's $50 million rural Spain programme goes to ADRI Calatayud, converting two buildings in Godojos into rental homes. The fund is now opening to applications from organisations across Spain.
A USHCC poll commissioned with Airbnb finds 76% of Latino adults see short-term hosting as a practical income supplement — and 52% favour allowing hosting under reasonable guidelines, against 43% of the general population.
Airbnb marks the third anniversary of New York's short-term rental registration law with internal figures on lost host income and backing for Intro. 879, a bill that would loosen the guest cap and lock rules without touching the primary-residence requirement.
Airbnb says the Commission's draft Affordable Housing Act sets the right principles but leaves hosts exposed to arbitrary local restrictions, and wants a notification-and-review process attached before it becomes law.
Airbnb has appointed Pepijn Rijvers, formerly Tripadvisor Group's CBO and a 12-year Booking.com veteran, as chief business officer, making him the third senior Booking.com alumnus to join in recent months.
Airbnb's nonprofit arm has locked in two Florida response partnerships ahead of peak hurricane season, aiming to mobilise free emergency housing in Miami-Dade within 24 hours of a disaster.