Airbnb Goes Manhattan Upscale With Apartment-Style Suites at Rockefeller Center
It’s got to be hard to get that “local feel” when you’re staying at one of the biggest tourist destinations in New York City.
Airbnb News
What started as AirBedandBreakfast.com has grown into a massive public company that IPOd in 2020. Airbnb is now the world’s largest online alternative-accommodation community, allowing millions of users to list, search, and rent authentic homestays and vacation-rental experiences in countless cities across the globe.
Marriott Is Officially Getting Into the Homesharing Business
This news will trigger responses from elated to downright furious, whether you're a Bonvoy member, Marriott hotel owner, a property manager, or just someone concerned about the growth of homesharing around the world.
Airbnb Is Entering Show Business, Investing in Launching New Shows
Airbnb to the world: "I'm ready for my close-up."
Skift Forum Europe: Airbnb Is Doubling Down on Experiences
Doubters may still question Airbnb’s foray into tours and experiences, but say what you will: The growth of the business has been anything but insignificant. The real success, however, will be in making it a quality-driven endeavor.
Airbnb Leads New $160 Million Funding for Short-Term Rental Brand Lyric
Can you be both a marketplace and a supplier at the same time? Airbnb certainly seems interested in testing that theory out.
Skift Forum Asia: Why Oyo’s Founder Calls Himself the Chief Clarity Officer
Who has ever built a portfolio of half a million rooms in six years? Oyo, that’s who. And founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal, who will be speaking at the first Skift Forum Asia on May 27, says his journey has just begun.
Lyft IPO Teaches Lessons to Other Rising Travel Startups
Several travel startups dream of going public. Lyft's initial public offering shows that profitability isn't necessarily as important as growth in the eyes of some investors, among some other key lessons.
MGM Resorts’ New Exec Hire Signals a Transformation to an Experience Platform
It likely won't be the only, or the last, hospitality company to do the same.
Airbnb Will Invest Up to $200 Million in India’s Budget Hotel Chain Oyo
So it's finally confirmed. Airbnb is investing up to $200 million in India's budget hotel chain Oyo, a deal that India Oyo observers say has big upsides for both companies.
Airbnb Says It Has Hosted More Than Half a Billion Travelers Since Its Launch
Context is everything, and it’s hard to have that when the company reporting a bunch of facts and figures makes it hard to have comparisons to past data. We can’t wait to see that S-1 filing, eventually.