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Articles tagged “brian chesky”

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb CEO on ‘Essentially’ Eliminating Cleaning Fees

The plan doesn't actually eliminate cleaning fees. Instead, it's meant to prevent users from seeing an unexpected price jump just before check-out — arguably the more frustrating issue.

Justin Dawes | 7 months ago

Airbnb CEO on ‘Essentially’ Eliminating Cleaning Fees

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Updates: Cutting Cleaning Fees and Boosting Verified Listings

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Airbnb's updates, a new travel stock index, and Dubai leapfrogging Las Vegas.

Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago

Airbnb Updates: Cutting Cleaning Fees and Boosting Verified Listings

Short-Term Rentals

Brian Chesky Posts Updates on Long-Awaited Verified Listings, Cleaning Fees and More

Airbnb prides itself on listening to consumer feedback for product improvements. As murmurs of a softening market get louder, Airbnb is back with upgrades.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 7 months ago

Brian Chesky Posts Updates on Long-Awaited Verified Listings, Cleaning Fees and More

News Blog

Brian Chesky’s Vision For Airbnb Going Ahead, Articulated

Airbnb has been out there a lot these last couple of weeks talking about its new product updates and launches, and CEO and Co-Founder Brian Chesky has been surprisingly open about what went wrong from the original vision, how he runs the company and what's coming in the company's AI-driven future, even beyond its core.…

Rafat Ali | 12 months ago

News Blog

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Hints at More Upgrades This Summer

Airbnb released a host of new upgrades and features in its summer release last week. Airbnb chief executive officer Brian Chesky has promised to work on more. In a response to a suggestion from a user on Twitter, Chesky hinted at working on: lower cleaning fees, better search & filters, verified listings, better customer service,…

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 12 months ago

News Blog

What Will Airbnb Launch Beyond Its Travel Core?

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky was very open with me in the interview I did with him earlier this week, where he tantalizingly hinted at how Airbnb will change in the next year, much of it predicated on AI. In it, here are the few long range things he talked about: "We’re going to launch a…

Rafat Ali | 12 months ago

Online Travel

Interview: Airbnb CEO On How Its Service Will Radically Change With AI, By Next Year

The AI-driven Airbnb is coming, so watch its trajectory of launches later this year and mid next year. Chesky promises it will be a whole different service by next year.

Rafat Ali | 12 months ago

Interview: Airbnb CEO On How Its Service Will Radically Change With AI, By Next Year

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Halts Submissions of New Experiences as Company Refocuses on Core Offerings

Is this "pause" a precursor to something new from Airbnb, or is it a realization that it may not ever become a large enough category for the company?

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Airbnb Halts Submissions of New Experiences as Company Refocuses on Core Offerings

Airlines

Feds Ground the JetBlue-Spirit Merger

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at JetBlue-Spirt challenges, Airbnb's advantages, and Air France's air and rail opportunities.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Feds Ground the JetBlue-Spirit Merger

Online Travel

Lessons From Our Oral History of Short-Term Rentals

In an era today when investors place a high value on profitability, our oral history of short-term rentals includes regrets from those who were too risk-averse to grab an opportunity.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Lessons From Our Oral History of Short-Term Rentals