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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
Artificial intelligence
AI race: Meta reportedly uses Alibaba’s Qwen for its ‘Avocado’ model
Reported move to reinvigorate Meta’s faltering AI effort with new ‘Avocado’ model is another likely win for Chinese AI.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Indonesia
Airbnb ban in Bali? Indonesia says no, but crackdown on illegal stays looms
11 Dec 2025 - 10:51PM
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Indonesia
Bali mulls Airbnb ban to put a lid on revenue leak, overtourism
5 Dec 2025 - 3:41PM
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Alibaba
AI Singapore picks Alibaba’s Qwen to drive new regional language model
In a boost for China’s AI ambitions, AI Singapore has chosen Alibaba’s Qwen to train its new language model.
25 Nov 2025 - 9:08PM
Artificial intelligence
Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT
Airbnb ‘relies heavily’ on Alibaba’s Qwen models to power its AI customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky says.
22 Oct 2025 - 5:00PM
My Take
Opinion
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It’s time for business to stop profiting from Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’
A UN report has exposed dozens of corporations making money from the atrocities being committed across Palestinian territories.
10 Jul 2025 - 9:00AM
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Trade
Carney says trade talks with US resume after Canada rescinded tech tax
On Friday, Donald Trump abruptly cut off trade talks with Canada over what he called a ‘blatant attack’ on the US.
30 Jun 2025 - 8:26PM
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Spain
Spaniards wield water pistols against tourism amid housing crisis
Cities both in Spain and around the world are struggling with overtourism and a boom in short-term rental platforms like Airbnb.
16 Jun 2025 - 12:58AM
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
‘Who doesn’t want a quesadilla in bed?’ Airbnb’s chief executive does. Its newly updated app offers users options to book in-home services.
14 May 2025 - 7:15PM
United States
Wall Street gains on tariff optimism, strong jobs data
The gains also come amid signs of a de-escalation in the US’ trade war with China.
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
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
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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
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
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