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Hey, Seattle leaders: Let’s regulate more than just Airbnb and VRBO
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Marc Benioff, Airbnb founders join Giving Pledge, committing majority of wealth to charity
Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and wife Lynn are among 17 billionaires joining The Giving Pledge.
As Seattle regulates Airbnb, company releases study showing its $178M annual impact on local economy
As Seattle lawmakers decide how to regulate Airbnb, the Bay Area hospitality company wants to show the positive impact it is making on the local economy. Airbnb Regional Head of Policy David Owen joined local leaders and Airbnb hosts in Seattle today to...
Airbnb opens engineering center in Portland, its first outside of San Francisco HQ
Airbnb is opening its first engineering center outside of San Francisco. The Bay Area hospitality company announced today that it is expanding its existing office in Portland to include product and engineering teams. This marks the first time Airbnb will...
Airbnb tops Glassdoor’s ‘best places to work’ list; Zillow, Expedia, F5, Concur make top 50
Airbnb has dethroned Google atop Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” list for 2016. The peer-to-peer lodging company, now valued at $ 25.5 billion, finished No. 1 on Glassdoor’s annual “Best Places to Work” list, which pulls data from surveys that ask U.S.-based employees about career opportunities, compensation, senior management, work/life balance, culture, and more. There were 21 tech companies among the top...
Airbnb report says it isn’t affecting the rental market in Seattle
Airbnb rentals throughout the Seattle area shouldn’t be affecting rents or the availability of new housing, according to new data presented by the company. That’s the latest report Airbnb released on Friday, examining how its home-sharing service has affected the rental market in Seattle. Airbnb reports that most rentals available in the city are home-shares, not complete units, and that 60...