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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

France’s high commissioner for childhood says that excluding children from hospitality venues infringes on their rights, puts pressure on their parents and divides society. Photo: Shutterstock

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 - 11:09PMvideocam

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

Pedestrians cross a street in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on February 27, 2024. Photo: AFP

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of many cities clamping down on Airbnb and short-term rentals, California’s Palm Springs has capped the number of rental properties, causing house prices and sales to drop in the area. Photo: TNS

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

Jamie McDonald’s world-record-breaking journey to all Seven “New Wonders of the World” in seven days piqued Post readers’ interest in 2023. See what other travel stories were among our most read this year. Photo: Travelport

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 - 9:32AMvideocam

Japan has some 8.49 million unoccupied homes, according to a government survey in 2018. Photo: Julian Ryall

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

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

Gwyneth Paltrow is giving away a one-night stay at her Montecito, California guest house this year. Photos: @gwynethpaltrow/Instagram, Handout

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

Barbie’s iconic Malibu Dreamhouse, which is making a return in real life with a three-storey lookalike mansion that mirrors the set of Warner Bros’ upcoming Barbie movie made available for booking again via vacation rental firm Airbnb. Photo: Handout

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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