Articles tagged “ipo”

Airline IPOs are few and far between. That's why now, while the industry is staggering from its worst-ever crisis, may seem an odd time to go public. But Sun Country has always done things differently, and its cargo deal with Amazon may make it more attractive to investors.

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.

Some travel sector startups will use special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, to go public, instead of doing traditional IPOs. The trend has the makings of an investor frenzy. Here's our cheat sheet, covered in six questions and answers.

A significant investment, but it's still too early to tell if corporate travel has the potential to make any significant comeback this year.

Enthusiasm for IPOs is booming in the wake of Airbnb's sensational debut as a public company. But only a handful of startups, possibly including Turo, Traveloka, Yanolja, Gett, Tujia, SiteMinder, Sonder, and Vacasa, may have enough positive growth in 2021 to woo investors.

In Skift's top travel stories this week, we covered the Airbnb IPO from every angle. There were other stories, too, including Google launching new tools for destinations and hotels, a road warrior who's flown three dozen times since September, a property manager picking up Stay Alfred scraps.

Thursday was a historic day for Airbnb and the travel industry at large. Airbnb is a excellent business, but is it a $100 billion business?

Kudos to Airbnb for a dramatic comeback in its initial public offering. But the valuation, propelled by euphoric investors in a hot IPO market, was divorced from reality.

Since Skift's own launch it was the first media outlet to ask hard questions of Airbnb, and it has been amazing to document that journey of the company from start…

It's hard to be reflective when so many levers are being pulled to prepare for one of the most anticipated IPOs in recent years, but Nathan Blecharczyk shares his thoughts, from the company's scrappy beginnings to wrestling with the burdens of success to Wall Street's watchful eye.