Airbnb Inc. is in talks to acquire China’s Xiaozhu.com to expand in the nation’s home rental sharing market. The companies have held multiple meetings and the discussions are advanced in nature, Bloom ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
... t into an Airbnb or hourly hotel, which may further boost the return from these capsules. Convenience is all that matters. It is only a three-minute walk from the Sai Ying Pun MTR station, which opene ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
... ify Ltd., Airbnb Inc. and Google’s DeepMind. "Trying to understand what investments have the potential to be very disruptive, but also in a very good way, to sort of transform the way we all live our ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
Who doesn't like the new economy babies like Uber and Airbnb which help consumers pay less for more? Car-hailing company Uber has carved out a unique space for itself despite scaling down some service ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
Airbnb will address reports of widespread racial discrimination against non-white guests by displaying photos less prominently on its website, promoting instant bookings and changing some of its techn ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-09
... opbox and Airbnb have followed Apple's example. They have their European headquarters in Ireland for the tax benefits while providing tens of thousands of jobs. Ireland might lose its attraction as a ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-05
... Uber and Airbnb have clear business models, and that will limit their downside, the analysts said. Also, in 2000, the average price earnings ratio of Nasdaq-listed firms was as high as 170 times; it’ ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-23
Authorities in Barcelona have stepped up a crackdown on homes illegally rented out to tourists via homesharing websites such as Airbnb, ordering hundreds to be removed from listings and hitting firms ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
... s such as Airbnb and Uber hit the young particularly hard, both as producers and as consumers. If we do not change course soon, subsequent generations will confront self-reinforcing economic, financia ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... Uber and AirBnb are examples of companies which have leveraged the cloud to disrupt the transportation and hospitality industry respectively. Logistics companies such as UPS and FedEx have also used ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-29
... tal giant Airbnb Inc. and a step closer to Uber, the world's most valuable closely held company which is worth US$68 billion, Bloomberg reports. Didi’s newly earned valuation makes it the world’s thir ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
European Union governments should not ban services like home-rental site Airbnb or ride-hailing app Uber except as a last resort, the EU said in new guidelines aimed at reining in a crackdown on the " ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
... s such as Airbnb and Uber that are utilizing shared resources and creating online communities. It takes a lot of hard work to create a successful business and bring customers back again and again to a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Luxury hotels should not worry about Airbnb Inc., the fast-growing home-sharing pioneer, an industry analyst says. In a bullish call on Hyatt Hotels Corp., John Khoury of Long Pond Capital LP said the ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
The development of internet-based businesses has removed the role of the middleman in many sectors. Uber and Airbnb are two examples. Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) used to rely heavily ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
Peer-to-peer (P2P) services have disrupted the operations of various industries. Besides Uber, the short-term lodging rental platform Airbnb is another case worth discussing. Airbnb boasts several sel ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
I went to Perth in Australia for a holiday with my family early last week. In searching for accommodation, online marketplace Airbnb was a natural choice as the apartments offered on the platform are ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
... tartups.” Airbnb and Dropbox are some of the top startups mentored by YC. Huang was quite negative about the tech industry's environment in Hong Kong a few years ago, but he said the situation has gre ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... Uber and Airbnb in daily life, lawyer-free, virtual courtrooms are probably too transformative for our officials’ yesterday-oriented mindset. -- Contact us at [email protected] FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... luding an AirBnB-style office space app and an online publishing platform. In a strip of land where the economy is in turmoil, with 43 percent unemployment, Gaza Sky Geeks receives a steady stream of ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
