Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Poised for New Era of Travel Redistribution: The Long View This Week

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Can Airbnb be less of a real estate play and more of a facilitator of human connections? That is Brian Chesky's stated vision. But will that sales pitch sell with Wall Street?
Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said his company is already adapting to what he believes will be a post-coronavirus era where mass tourism will be on the wane and "travel redistribution" will take hold.
Interviewed by Skift founder and CEO Rafat Ali on his The Long View livestream Friday, Chesky said regular business travelers, who have been "tethered" to their domiciles and working from home, will want to travel even more but they w