The Airbnb story : how three guys disrupted an industry, made billions of dollars ... and plenty of enemies
Gallagher, Leigh2017
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This is the inside, behind-the-scenes story of airbnb - the company reshaping how we travel. Two broke art school graduates set up a platform that - in six short years - became the largest provider of accommodation in the world. Now valued at $25.5 billion, it is in the very top tier of Silicon Valley 'unicorn' startups. Yet Airbnb has been controversial - disrupting a $500 billion hotel industry makes you a few enemies - and many regulators and politicians want to shut it down. Hotel owners don't know whether to copy it or kill it, neighbours of Airbnb rentals complain about transient visitors, hosts report increases of damaged property, and some tech industry analysts think it's grossly overvalued. Beyond the headlines and the horror stories, Airbnb has changed the terms of travel for a whole generation.
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London : Virgin Books, 2017.
Collation:
xx, 236 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
First published in United States by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780753545584
Dewey class:
338.761
Language:
English
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BRN:
302593
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Computers and Business | 338.761 GAL | Available |