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Articles tagged “brian chesky”

Hotels

Airbnb to Introduce Host Improvements and Flexible Search Tools for Guests

Airbnb is pledging to make improvements to hosts' tools, some of which the company merely announced because implementation will take several months. Hosts will be looking to see if there is substance beyond public relations exercises.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb to Introduce Host Improvements and Flexible Search Tools for Guests

Hotels

Airbnb CEO Got $120 Million in Stock Grants in 2020, Post-Blockbuster IPO

Brian Chesky's $120 million stock grant may rankle many, but he's pledging to contribute $100 million of it to a host endowment fund.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb CEO Got $120 Million in Stock Grants in 2020, Post-Blockbuster IPO

Hotels

Airbnb Outlines 2021 Vision After Weathering $4.6 Billion Pandemic Year Loss

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said what the company's customers really want are unique stays and experiences offered by individual hosts. That means expanding Airbnb's hotel business doesn't seem to be the priority it once was. And, oh yeah, the proliferation of corporate hosts like Sonder and others, doesn't mesh with what Chesky believes travelers desire.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb Outlines 2021 Vision After Weathering $4.6 Billion Pandemic Year Loss

Hotels

Airbnb CEO Dodges Question Over Whether Company Is Overvalued at $113 Billion

Airbnb is smart to focus on its core accommodations' business, if that is indeed what it is really doing. The company has time to deal with all of the other stuff, from flights to hotels and experiences, once a real-life travel recovery has a pulse.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb CEO Dodges Question Over Whether Company Is Overvalued at $113 Billion

Hotels

Airbnb’s New Endowment Fund Seeks to Give Hosts a Piece of the IPO Action

The Airbnb Host Endowment wouldn't turn hosts into investors in the IPO. But by earmarking 9.2 million shares to fund the endowment, it may counteract the feeling among a few hosts that going public would only benefit elite investors and employees. It's a clever and creative move by Airbnb, but more fundamental host issues remain.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb’s New Endowment Fund Seeks to Give Hosts a Piece of the IPO Action

Hotels

Airbnb Mulls Trendy, Non-Traditional Way to Take Itself Public

Special purpose acquisition company, direct listing or an initial public offering — Airbnb's choice mostly matters to big-name investors and employees, past and present. But nothing is ever certain about a stock market listing — especially during a pandemic.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Airbnb Mulls Trendy, Non-Traditional Way to Take Itself Public

Coronavirus

Airbnb CEO to Tech Platform Peers: Clean Up Your Own Content or the Government Will

The proverbial handwriting is on the wall for Airbnb, Facebook, Google, Tripadvisor, and Yelp, among others. The regulators are coming! The regulators are coming!

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Airbnb CEO to Tech Platform Peers: Clean Up Your Own Content or the Government Will

Online Travel

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

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?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

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

Coronavirus

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Was Actively Working on Going Public When Bookings Dried Up

Airbnb's Chesky undoubtably still has that S-1 document in a laptop somewhere. With the pandemic lowering Airbnb's valuation by billions, that document will need a total rewrite. And with all that's going on in the world, it's difficult to even contemplate an eventual public listing right now.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago