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Sonder Holdings Inc. manages short-term rentals, such as apartment hotels, in North America, Europe, and Dubai. [2] [3] It was founded in Montreal, Canada in 2014 and since 2016 has been based in San Francisco, California. [4] [5] Sonder manages over 9,000 units in over 40 cities in 10 countries and has served over 1 million guests. [6]
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
Amazon is the Internet company with the highest revenue, at $469.82 billion in 2021. [1] [2]This is a list of Internet companies by revenue and market capitalization.The list is limited to dot-com companies, defined as a company that does the majority of its business on the Internet, with annual revenues exceeding US$1 billion.
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.
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.
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.
Kayak was founded in January 2004 by Steve Hafner and Paul M. English. [6] [7] Before Kayak, Steve Hafner, Kayak's current CEO, helped found Orbitz in November 1999 and led its business development, advertising sales, marketing, and product marketing activities.
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.