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Q2 2021 Airbnb earnings: A unique moment in time when it closed in on giant OTAs like Booking?

Thibault Masson

Last week, Airbnb released its commercial and financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of 2021. We’ll look at the ...

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Addicted to peddling discounted hotel rooms, can Booking.com ever fix its US vacation rental supply and demand issues? (Booking Holdings Q2 results)

Thibault Masson

Looking at the freshly published Booking Holdings Q2 2021 financial results, online travel agency Booking.com is confirming its image as ...

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Vacasa SPAC presentation Slides: Deep-dive on their acquisition strategy (160+ property management companies and counting)

Thibault Masson

Vacasa, the leading property management company in North America, representing 30,000 properties, is to go public in Q4 2021 through ...

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Attract more guests and remote workers with the Airbnb wifi speed test

Thibault Masson

Airbnb hosts can now test their wifi speed, see the results, and get their listing updated accordingly, straight from the ...

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What Airbnb’s 2021 mission statement says about the company’s ambitions

Thibault Masson

A company’s mission statement says a lot about how it sees itself, how it wants others to see it, where ...

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FinTech by Booking, Revolut Stays, Dtravel: Payment solution hype vs real-world problems

Thibault Masson

The topic of payment is so important that Airbnb, and now Booking.com, have set up entire FinTech units. Things are ...

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Hometogo: $1bn value based on booking commissions and software revenues

Thibault Masson

As we announced last week, vacation rental marketplace Hometogo is supposed to go public via a planned €1.2 billion transaction. ...

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Expedia Group (EXPE) and its subsidiary Vrbo – Growing Connections

Thibault Masson

Vrbo has been part of Expedia Group for a few years and the connections between the two entities are getting ...

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(Videos) Deep-dives into Airbnb’s stunning search options: Flexible Destinations, Flexible Matching, and Flexible Dates.

Thibault Masson

When, on May 24, Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky announced that his company was releasing 103 updates, a set of 3 ...

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