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This week on #duologue 's Focus series, yours truly wrote about Airbnb ands its vision for Travel. https://duologue.substack.com/p/launching-travel
This is part 2 of the series focusing on Airbnb and Travel . Part 1 is https://duologue.substack.com/p/stay-redefined
Focus Series comprises of our analysis using multiple resources we sift through in order to produce our take and analysis.
This thread will link to all the references we based our analysis on
This thread will link to all the references we based our analysis on
1 : Airbnb secured a total of $2 Billion in funding to secure its future beyond the pandemic. It comes at a significant discount in valuation though. https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbnb-gets-1-billion-loan-bringing-coronavirus-funding-to-2-billion-11586929819
2: More than 100,000 hosts across the world have offered stays for front line workers. This is huge task that shows collective actions being taken when you build a strong community as part of your business. https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbnb-gets-1-billion-loan-bringing-coronavirus-funding-to-2-billion-11586929819
3: A Fund to partly reimburse the hosts for making full refund to guests has been set up. https://www.airbnb.co.in/resources/hosting-homes/a/250m-to-support-hosts-impacted-by-cancellations-165
4: A Super Host that comes from the pockets of employees, founders and investors has funds upto $17 million dollars. https://www.airbnb.co.in/superhostrelief?locale=en&_set_bev_on_new_domain=1587958091_YzRiNjk3MDZhZGQ3
5: Them moving the experiences to Online which resulted it to be their fastest growing vertical till date. https://news.airbnb.com/enjoy-the-magic-of-airbnb-experiences-from-the-comfort-of-your-home/
6: This interview of @bchesky and @rafat was the reason i ended up writing this post on #duologue in the first place.
recommended if you are interested in what is come next from Airbnb. https://twitter.com/skift/status/1253760806451208192
recommended if you are interested in what is come next from Airbnb. https://twitter.com/skift/status/1253760806451208192
7: The financials were shaky and on a loss spree prior to the pandemic as well. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/airbnb-s-loss-nearly-doubles-in-fourth-quarter-before-virus-hit
8: This situation prevailed due to fraud , mass shootings and sex crimes erupting on the platform. https://www.wsj.com/articles/shooting-sex-crime-and-theft-airbnb-takes-halting-steps-to-police-its-platform-11577374845
9 : Talking about going public at the moment. Brian Chesky said "they will be ready when the world is ready" http://skift.com/2020/04/24/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-poised-for-new-era-of-travel-redistribution-the-long-view-this-week/
