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The Unlikeliest Comeback of This Pandemic Poised to Happen: Airbnb’s Long-Awaited IPO

Tom Lowry

Skift Take

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said last year he could see his company going public in 2020. What he didn't see was a world turned upside down by a pandemic. If Airbnb ends up trading as a public stock in the coming months, it will be a story for the ages.

Setting the stage for what would be the travel comeback story of the pandemic, Airbnb's long-awaited initial public offering may finally be happening. The homesharing giant is reportedly planning to file this month with the Securities and Exchange Commission the paperwork to go public later this year. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky had signaled that taking the company public this year was still very much a possibility de

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