On Thursday, Airbnb sold investors on an even unlikelier story: that it is a pandemic winner
Brian Chesky, Airbnb CEO, is projected at Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, during Airbnb’s initial public offering launch. Over the last decade, Airbnb has upended the travel industry, riled regulators, frustrated local communities and created a mini-economy of short-term rental operators, all while spinning a warm narrative of belonging and connection.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past decade, Airbnb has upended the travel industry, riled regulators, frustrated local communities and created a mini-economy of short-term rental operators, all while spinning a warm narrative of belonging and connection.
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