The platform that redefined vacation rentals is now expanding into a full-scale travel ecosystem, reshaping how we plan trips ...

For today’s pod we look at Airbnb’s aggressive expansion approach, IHG’s good news in the U.S., and Melia’s equally good news ...

In its summer release, Airbnb announced a new services marketplace and a revamp of its experiences marketplace. The move fulfills CEO Brian Chesky's goal of expanding beyond the core travel business.

“With this expansion, Airbnb is seeking to become more than a booking platform — it’s moving toward a broader travel ecosystem,” the company said in a statement. “Seventeen years ...

We think that Airbnb's global online travel agency position will strengthen ... be supported by artificial intelligence investment and expansion into the experiences vertical and international ...

Airbnb plans a May 13 event at which it expects to talk about its expansion plans beyond providing ... Despite the challenges the travel industry faced early in the year, Airbnb's business didn ...

The expansion strategy demonstrates Airbnb's commitment to diversifying its revenue streams beyond traditional accommodation bookings. This approach could create new opportunities for growth in the ...

David Holyoke, who for the past several years has led the corporate travel side of Airbnb, soon will join booking and expense platform Serko as head of unmanaged travel, the company announced. In his ...

Travel companies have been helped by healthy demand in Asia, especially from Chinese consumers visiting destinations in Southeast Asia. Sign up here. Airbnb ... said growth in expansion markets ...

Earlier this year, CEO Brian Chesky described 2025 as “the beginning of a new Airbnb“—one that aims to serve as a hub not just for rentals, but for a broader range of lifestyle services and ...

Chesky has referred to Amazon on previous earnings calls, noting that company's evolution from a bookseller to a seller of everything, and the services expansion gives Airbnb the opportunity to do ...