Airbnb Leads Lyric Funding and 6 Other Hospitality Trends This Week


Skift Take

This week in hospitality, Airbnb invests in a San Francisco-based rental company targeted at corporate travelers, and the general manager of Four Seasons Chiang Mai talks about the global potential of his job. Plus, we talk to Oyo’s CEO about what makes his company so successful.

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Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines hotels. For all of our weekend roundups, go here.
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. Four Seasons Shows That Hospitality Can Be a Passport to a Global Career: Hospitality can be the gateway to a richly rewarding global career. But even some of the top brands aren