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Joseph Gebbia Jr. (born August 21, 1981) is an American designer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of home rental company Airbnb.Gebbia is the 386th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $7.4 billion, [1] mostly due to his ownership of 53 million shares of Airbnb.
German competitor; launched the first international Airbnb office, in Hamburg [65] [66] [67] 2 March 2012: CrashPadder Added 6,000 international listings to its existing inventory; made Airbnb the largest lodging website in the United Kingdom. [68] [69] 3 November 2012: NabeWise
It is the largest host on Airbnb. [7] Although it competes with Airbnb, [ 8 ] Sonder leases and manages its own rentals. [ 9 ] It targets travelers who prefer larger accommodations than a hotel room but want a more predictable experience than renting from an amateur host.
HomeAway has had disputes over compliance with local lodging regulations, similar to competitor Airbnb. Both joined a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco, which was settled in May 2017 when the companies agreed to facilitate registration of all host listings with the city.
Airbnb and Wimdu are competitors, especially in German-speaking Europe. [ 69 ] In January 2016, Wimdu was accused of not assisting hosts with vandalism and Wimdu refused to compensate the owner of a Berlin apartment that had been destroyed, beyond offering a dedicated "insurance" for such damages.
Airbnb's biggest competitor is Vrbo. However, one significant difference between the two platforms is that Vrbo only allows full home rentals. With Airbnb, you can rent a shared space.
Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American businessman and industrial designer and the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb.Chesky is the 290th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $9.2 billion, largely due to his 10 percent ownership stake in Airbnb.
Trivago claims to be the world's largest online hotel search site, comparing rates from over 1 million hotels and more than 250 booking sites worldwide. [ citation needed ] Since their majority shareholder is Expedia, the effort is to direct bookings to their sites by way of various "adjustments" to how other sites' rates are perceived.