Gigabit January 2019
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Airbnb<br />
Peer-to-peer home rental firm Airbnb disrupted the hospitality industry<br />
when it was founded a decade ago and now it is the third highest<br />
valued VC-backed tech company in the world, with a valuation of<br />
around US$31bn. Headquartered in San Francisco, Airbnb now has<br />
satellite offices in Dublin, London, Barcelona, Paris, Milan, Copenhagen,<br />
Berlin, Moscow, São Paolo, Sydney and Singapore. The<br />
company’s marketplace provides consumers with access to over 5mn<br />
places to stay in more than 81,000 cities and 191 countries. Speaking<br />
at the Skift global travel conference in October, Airbnb’s President of<br />
Homes, Greg Greeley, revealed that the Californian startup has welcomed<br />
over 400mn guest arrivals since it was first founded.<br />
www.airbnb.co.uk<br />
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