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Topic: AirBnB

Airbnb CEO announces housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees across the world for free

Raghav Bikhchandani - 24 August, 2021

In a series of tweets, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced cost of Afghan refugees' accommodation will be borne by the company. However, no clear time frame for the programme was announced.

Airbnb aims for about $35 billion value in long-awaited IPO

Crystal Tse - 1 December, 2020

The company is currently planning to price its IPO on 9 December. Ahead of it, the home-rental platform and some shareholders are offering 51.9 million shares at $44-$50 apiece.

Bollywood gets personal. Come live in SRK’s house after a horrendous 2020

Fiza Jha - 18 November, 2020

Until now, the Bobby cottage in Kashmir, Dil Chahta Hai fort in Goa, and Pangong lake in 3 Idiots were famous tourist attractions. Gauri Khan-designed home has entered the club.

Airbnb’s fight to stay afloat after Covid is a case study in resilience

Tae Kim - 17 November, 2020

Airbnb website took advantage of the shift in customer behavior — avoiding international air travel and renting homes nearby — and started showing more local offerings.

Indian tourists are finally out. But there’s a bigger headache than coronavirus — red tape

Fiza Jha - 26 July, 2020

Checking into a hotel is easier. Getting past the innumerable checkpoints where you are asked the same set of questions again, and again, is not.

Airbnb may become obsolete depending on recovery of tourism after Covid-19 crisis

Lionel Laurent - 3 April, 2020

Bookings on Airbnb slumped from 96% to 41% this year due travel restrictions imposed by many countries in view of the pandemic.

Airbnb on board, Nagaland’s annual Hornbill festival kicks off, set to be bigger this year

Bismee Taskin - 1 December, 2019

The Nagaland government has partnered with Airbnb in the hope that the deal will boost the state’s tourism potential.

How celebrities like Beyoncé and Mariah Carey helped make Airbnb a luxury brand

Anne VanderMey - 26 November, 2019

Airbnb, which plans to go public next year, used a celebrity marketing feature way before Instagram influencer culture became a $6 billion industry.

The secret to startups like Uber, Airbnb succeeding is in their playbook

Shira Ovide - 15 November, 2019

Startups such as Uber, Airbnb and Gojek are armed with centralised knowledge as opposed to smaller players who are dependent on fragmented expertise.

Time Airbnb acknowledges rented accommodations are used for human trafficking, slavery

Michael O'Regan - 3 November, 2019

While many businesses across hospitality industry have been involved in campaigns to identify practices that lead to exploitation, Airbnb has no such official global programme yet.

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