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Airbnb

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Chairman / President

Brian Chesky

CEO / Managing Director

Brian Chesky

CFO / Finance Director

Ellie Mertz

Industry

Vacation Rental

Website

airbnb.com

Headquarters address

888 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 9410

Stock Code

NASDAQ:ABNB

Year founded

2008

last updated:

27 August, 2024

Paris is clamping down on short-term apartment rentals, a US$1 billion-plus annual earner for property owners. Officials blame lets to tourists for the housing shortages residents face. Photo: Shutterstock

Tourism

Paris joins anti-Airbnb bandwagon with holiday flats crackdown

French capital takes advantage of new law to curb apartment rentals to tourists. Officials say practice limits housing supply for residents.

29 Nov 2024 - 2:15PM

Tourism

Croatia the latest tourist-trap nation to mull short-term rental controls

23 Nov 2024 - 1:15PM

Trending in China

China woman pays US$8,300 for hotel room by confusing yuan and Korean won symbols

20 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Tourism

Gladiators back at Colosseum after 2,000 years, thanks to Airbnb

As Gladiator II hits cinemas, Airbnb and guardians of the Roman ruin team up to offer faux fights there under a deal decried as ‘a disgrace’.

18 Nov 2024 - 4:50PM

Paul Mescal in a still from Ridley Scott’s new film Gladiator II. Photo: Paramount Pictures

Fame and celebrity

Home of early Beatles gigs opens as an Airbnb rental in Liverpool

Some of The Beatles’ earliest gigs were held in the basement of a house in Liverpool, and Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer who Ringo Starr replaced, has opened it up as an Airbnb.

23 Aug 2024 - 2:18AM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Brian Chesky, the Airbnb CEO and co-founder worth US$8.6 billion?

Brian Chesky defined himself as an artist, and now he’s one of the world’s most influential CEOs – here’s what you need to know about the 42-year-old New Yorker

6 Aug 2024 - 5:00AM

Tourism

Does Barcelona’s holiday-lets ban offer blueprint for other destinations?

Faced with rising rents and a housing shortage, Barcelona says it will end apartment rentals to tourists by 2028. It comes as destinations such as New York and Venice take measures against overtourism.

31 Jul 2024 - 4:15PM

Apartments in Barcelona whose residents are protesting against eviction to make way for short-term rental units. The Spanish city has announced a ban on such Airbnb-style rental properties from 2028, which could serve as a blueprint for other tourist destinations to follow. Photo: AP

Tourism

Backlash from a US city’s Airbnb ban hits property sales and house prices

When Palm Springs in California, a city dependent on tourism, capped the number of private rental properties, house prices fell and property sales slowed.

6 Feb 2024 - 5:14AM

Asia travel

Penang’s Airbnb ban, 7 wonders in 7 days: 2023’s most read travel stories

From Penang’s Airbnb ban to two Swiss towns with macabre art by Alien movie designer H R Giger to a dash to see seven wonders of the world in a week, the travel stories most read by Post readers in 2023.

28 Dec 2023 - 4:17PM

Tourism

Loved Wonka? Stay in the sweet shop author Roald Dahl adored – it’s an Airbnb

Owned by a Hongkonger, the sweet shop that Willy Wonka creator Roald Dahl fell in love with as a child in Wales – and likely inspired Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – can be rented on Airbnb.

23 Dec 2023 - 5:15PM

Timothee Chalamet’s in Wonka. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Tourism

‘A better experience than an Airbnb’: how hostels are going upmarket

Hostels are becoming the latest travel trend, with some offering hotel-style experiences – think private rooms and rooftop pools – at much lower prices than both hotels and Airbnbs.

1 Dec 2023 - 4:15PM

Travellers enjoy the cafe at HI San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf Hostel, where a private room costs less than US$100 on some nights and the rate includes Wi-fi, breakfast and luggage storage. More travellers are considering hostels as alternatives to hotels and Airbnbs.

Japan

As millions of empty homes rot in Japan, Airbnb aims to fill them with tourists

Airbnb plans to partner with businesses and local governments to encourage homeowners to invest in renovations.

30 Nov 2023 - 9:32AMvideocam

Luxury travel

7 unique luxury Airbnbs to book for your next holiday, from Bali to Italy

Travellers seeking an experience beyond a hotel room are turning to Airbnb properties that offer a stay out of the ordinary, from Bali and Koh Samui to Costa Rica, Italy and California

14 Nov 2023 - 10:00AM

Italy

Italy police seize US$835 million from Airbnb in tax investigation

Prosecutors in Milan accuse the accommodation website of having failed to collect a rental income tax from landlords in the period from 2017 to 2021.

7 Nov 2023 - 6:43AM

Asia travel

Airbnb hosts know there’s no place like home – it’s why they open theirs up

Asian Airbnb hosts reveal the highs and lows of welcoming strangers into their homes and the tricks of the trade that ensure the guest list remains full.

14 Oct 2023 - 11:15AM

Dinesh Kanta’s Airbnb in Nepal. Photo: Airbnb

Trending in China

China-Malaysia spy-cam couple warn fellow travellers after honeymoon ordeal

A honeymooning couple from China have told how an Airbnb host in Malaysia initially accused them of online “smears” over a hidden spy camera in their bedroom before eventually refunding them.

9 Oct 2023 - 11:47AM

Malaysia

Police investigate after spycam found in Chinese couple’s Malaysia Airbnb room

The device was installed inside a wall power socket in a room of a lodging establishment in Sabah.

24 Sep 2023 - 3:55PM

Tourism

Do new rules signal the beginning of the end of Airbnb in New York?

Short-term rental regulations that have gone into effect in New York City are a blow for many Airbnb hosts – ‘this is a huge indication that our elected officials have let us down,’ says one.

6 Sep 2023 - 7:45PM

Airbnb hosts rally in New York City to speak out against short-term rental regulations on July 12, 2023. Short-term rental regulations have gone into effect in New York City, delivering a large blow to many Airbnb hosts. Photo: Getty Images

Fame and celebrity

Peek into Gwyneth Paltrow’s airy Montecito home, on Airbnb for US$0

Gwyneth Paltrow aims to combat ‘loneliness’ and ‘isolation’ after the pandemic by giving away a one-night stay at her Montecito guest house – here’s how to sign up

8 Aug 2023 - 5:00AM

International Property

Inside Barbie’s real-life, pink Malibu Dreamhouse – up for rent on Airbnb

Be a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, in real life? This July, Airbnb is offering the chance to stay at this hot-pink luxury estate inspired by the Mattel doll – here’s a look inside

3 Jul 2023 - 11:00AM

Malaysia

Malaysian island imposes partial ban on Airbnb to tame rowdy tourists

Penang has been mulling a ban on Airbnb for over a year, following complaints of bad tourist behaviour in residential areas.

12 Jun 2023 - 4:13PM

Penang is thought to be the first place in Southeast Asia to seek restrictions on certain short-term rentals. Photo: Shutterstock

Asia travel

‘Weirdos wandering the corridors’: Penang bans Airbnb and other short lets

Malaysian island Penang is the country’s first place to ban Airbnb and similar short-term lets, after receiving numerous complaints about unruly tourists disturbing local residents.

6 Jun 2023 - 2:12PM

Malaysian state Penang is the country’s first to ban Airbnb and similar short-term lets, after receiving numerous complaints about unruly tourists disturbing local residents. Photo: Chan Kit Yeng

Trending in China

‘Used 120 tonnes of water’: Chinese couple leave taps running at Airbnb in revenge

Chinese tourists angered by an Airbnb host’s refusal to cancel a booking left the taps, lights and gas on for 25 days in revenge, running up bills worth more than US$1,570.

28 Apr 2023 - 6:49PM

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Luxury travel

10 best wish-listed properties on Airbnb in 2023, from France to Brazil

Airbnb just unveiled its users’ most wish-listed properties in 2023, from Australia to Brazil – so which ones are you adding to your travel bucket list?

11 Feb 2023 - 8:00AM

Royalty

Meet Queen Elizabeth’s Russian cousin, ‘potty mouth’ Princess Olga Romanoff

Known for her biting wit and rebellion against royal norms, Princess Olga Romanoff, a descendant of Tsar Nicholas II, is a reality TV star, is on dating apps and shops at Sainsbury’s

8 Nov 2022 - 5:00AM

Princess Olga Romanoff is cousins with the late Queen Elizabeth. Photo: @princessolgaromanoff/Instagram

Regulation

China’s one-time tech copycats outsmart the originals. Here’s how

An increasing number of Western internet firms are calling it quits in the world’s second largest economy, but analysts say local competition may be more to blame than the pandemic and increased regulations.

11 Jun 2022 - 3:28PMvideocam

China was once seen as too big to ignore for foreign tech giants, but more and more companies are abandoning the market amid tightening regulations and fierce competition with well-funded local rivals. Illustration: SCMP / Lau Ka-kuen

Apps

Nike sports app the latest to pull out of China after Airbnb, Kindle

Sports giant Nike will close two apps in China next month, citing ‘business reasons’, in the latest example of a Western firm retreating from the mainland Chinese market amid a tighter regulatory environment.

8 Jun 2022 - 7:36PM

Amazon

Amazon’s Kindle to end its China e-book service next year

Amazon will close its Kindle e-book service in China in June next year, becoming the latest US online business to pull out of the mainland market.

2 Jun 2022 - 5:01PM

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