Airbnb Inc. an American vacation rental online marketplace company has unveiled paperwork in the US to become a publicly listed company, showing the home-sharing giant turned a profit in the third quarter after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to overhaul its business and shed costs. Since lodging website Airbnb founding as home-sharing business in 2008,… Continue reading Airbnb Plans Public Share Sale Despite Pandemic
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Airbnb and Sports: a Winning Combination
People who rent out properties on Airbnb have earned an estimated US$150 million from some of the biggest sporting events around the world, according to new data released by the accommodation sharing platform. Forty-four percent of Airbnb hosts surveyed globally say they have hosted guests travelling for a sporting event, the company said.
Living the Life as an Expat in Thailand
For expats in Thailand, paradise can be full of pitfalls Life in Thailand is a daily adventure for most expats, an obstacle course of delicious but fiery cuisine, locals’ laidback mai pen rai (never mind) attitude, and a language that can easily have you saying something very rude, very unintentionally. In the words of one long-time expat:… Continue reading Living the Life as an Expat in Thailand
Rental Home as Office Space Anywhere: Like Airbnb But for Work
The sharing economy is here to stay. We now live a world where Airbnb hosts more rooms in more global destinations than any major hotel chain, and Uber is competing with Google to produce the first self-driving taxi. But in the craze over collaborative consumption, when does “smart” sharing cross the line into “oversharing”?