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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
Tourism
Should adults-only hotels and restaurants where kids are banned be allowed?
France is considering making ‘no kids’ hospitality venues illegal as a top official warns that such places are dividing French society.
28 May 2025 - 3:04PM
Tourism
Airbnb now offers in-home chefs, massages alongside home stays
14 May 2025 - 7:15PM
United States
Wall Street gains on tariff optimism, strong jobs data
2 May 2025 - 11:09PM
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Family offices
Hong Kong family offices should unload US assets, look to Japan, UAE, advisory says
Now is a ‘critical moment’ to ‘get rid of the US’, especially equities and Treasuries, to ‘maintain lower risk-return ratios’, CEO says.
1 May 2025 - 3:16PM
Millionaires and billionaires
Meet Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, part of the Trump team at Elon Musk’s Doge
Gebbia co-founded Airbnb in San Francisco in 2008 and is now worth at least US$8.7 billion – he sits on the boards of Airbnb and Tesla, and has worked with Musk on various projects and investments.
26 Feb 2025 - 6:00AM
Year in Review
Travel stories you read most in 2024, about a horror gang rape and more
We look back at some of the top stories in travel for 2024, from a shocking gang rape in India to the revamp of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.
30 Dec 2024 - 4:18PM
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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
With rents rising and a housing shortage, Croatia is taking steps to tax short-term holiday lets. Meanwhile, sustainable tourism gets a push.
23 Nov 2024 - 1:15PM
Trending in China
China woman pays US$8,300 for hotel room by confusing yuan and Korean won symbols
If rate had been in Korean won, it would have cost only US$37 for one night.
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
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
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
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
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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 - 9:32AM
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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
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
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
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
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