Business
Murray Cox chuckled when he was invited to a meeting with Airbnb executives in downtown Manhattan in February.
May 24, 2019
Airbnb Inc. agreed to buy HotelTonight, its biggest acquisition yet, in a move to increase hotel listings on the site as the home-sharing startup prepares for an eventual public offering.
March 7, 2019
Technology and the Internet
Airbnb survived a drastic downturn in its business at the start of the pandemic and rallied to go public at a valuation that reached $100 billion.
Dec. 10, 2020
About 1,900 Airbnb employees will be affected by the layoffs, CEO Brian Chesky said.
May 5, 2020
Home sharing in Los Angeles through the Airbnb online platform injected $920 million into the local economy last year, the San Francisco-based home sharing business estimates.
May 9, 2016
Airbnb has priced its initial public offering of stock at $68 per share, significantly above its target range, in a sign of investor confidence in both Airbnb’s home-sharing business and the long-term recovery of the travel industry at large.
Dec. 9, 2020
World & Nation
Israel has reacted with anger to Airbnb’s announcement that it will drop rental listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Nov. 20, 2018
The charitable foundation representing the estate of famed chef Julia Child said it has sued Airbnb because the short-term rental company used Child’s name and likeness for a Memorial Day promotion without the foundation’s permission.
June 21, 2016
The nation’s hotel industry has for years shrugged off competition from short-term rentals, booked through sites like Airbnb and VBRO, saying they pose no major threat.
April 22, 2017
Airbnb said it plans to go public in 2020, a long-awaited move by the company that is both loved and reviled for disrupting the hotel business.
Sept. 19, 2019