Articles tagged “brian chesky”

Content creators solve a problem Airbnb has been chasing for years — getting locals to book experiences in their own cities.

Chesky is moving fast on services, creators, and boutique hotels, and is also willing to say out loud where Airbnb has been "asleep at the wheel."

Airbnb’s capital allocation tells a different story than ambitions laid out at conferences. You don’t become a travel superapp by buying back your own stock.

Airbnb’s struggle to translate technology into better stays mirrors the broader sector’s problem — digital scale without physical control limits how innovative short-term rentals can be.

Airbnb has a big opportunity in hotels. But CEO Brian Chesky makes it all sound a little too easy. It's not a big investment, he said, and Airbnb won't have to spend a lot on marketing for it. Signing up hotels? Not a problem — they have phone numbers.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky detailed the company's massive reinvention at the Skift Global Forum, which includes leaning more into experiences, hotels, and international growth.

AI was all the rage at the Skift Global Forum this week, with the industry’s top executives revealing excitement, and uncertainty, as the tech takes center stage in travel.

Airbnb's Brian Chesky said the emergence of native AI apps — there currently aren't any in travel — changes the ballgame, and the company can consider entering new businesses that it previously thought were off limits.

For today’s pod we listen in on a conversation with Airbnb’s CEO and the last FLOTUS, hear about the U.S. DOT’s ATC plans, and look at Hawaii’s new tax on travelers.

Oh, to be a proverbial fly on the wall during the Airbnb CEO's private discussions with the former President, who had been a community organizer and housing advocate on the South Side of Chicago.