Airbnb lays off 25% of its global workforce due to the continuing impact COVID-19 has on its business, with expected revenue down 50%.
SWOT Framework analsyis on the impact of COVID-19 for major lodging companies
New MarketAndResearch.com report provides insight into what constitutes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for players in the lodging industry. It also provides examples of relevant companies for each SWOT element.
Airbnb works with 1199SEIU & the State of New York to house first responders
Through this partnership, 1199SEIU members in New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Maryland and Florida will receive direct access to book free stays via the Airbnb Frontline stays program.
German hosts provide housing to frontline medical staff
In Germany, frontline medical staff looking for accommodation can already choose from more than 4,000 places to stay, including 2,000 hotel rooms on Airbnb.
Airbnb to help provide housing to 100,000 COVID-19 responders
The company’s goal is to help house 100,000 healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders around the world. Airbnb will waive all fees for stays arranged through this initiative.
More flexible reservations in times of uncertainty
Airbnb introduced a suite of tools and programs we are developing to help hosts and guests navigate uncertainty and meet their needs to cancel or postpone their hosting and travel plans.
How Airbnb has inspired digital transformation in hotels
A new focus on quality and messaging has changed the hotel industry and modernized it for people who prefer finding information and help online.
How choice of hotel name affects type of guests
When you consider the ‘top of funnel’ for your advertising channels as how guests search to find your property without any previous knowledge, the choice of words you use in naming your hotel can have a profound effect right at the start in terms of who is most attracted to your property.
The most wish listed properties of the past decade
Airbnb shares their most wish-listed properties over the last decade, here are the ones that made the cut.
Airbnb delivers US$2B in tourist-related taxes
Over 400 agreements with local, state, territorial and national governments around the world have streamlined and facilitated tax collection for hosts, most of whom are sharing their homes for extra income and may not be equipped for complex accounting processes.
