November 1st, 2019Tiqets raises Series C financing of $60 million led by Airbnb with continued support from prior lead investors Investion and HPE Growth Capital.
December 7th, 2018India government in a first its kind of move will setup certain guidelines for Online travel aggregators like Air B&B, Makemytrip, Yatra and Oyo to be recognised by the Tourism Ministry in order to operate, a senior official said.
For the first time, the ministry has prepared a set of guidelines by which it will approve and...
November 27th, 2018Home-renting company Airbnb has hired Amazon veteran Dave Stephenson as chief financial officer (CFO), ahead of a widely anticipated initial public offering next year.
Stephenson's departure was followed by the exit of another Amazon veteran, Jason Warnick, who is leaving the e-commerce giant to become CFO at online brokerage...
March 7th, 2018To celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day, an online marketplace and hospitality service Airbnb stated that women hosts using their platform have earned nearly USD 20 billion since its creation in 2008. The American company proudly stated that they are satisfied with their work in women empowerment towards financial,...
June 19th, 2017Leading online lodging service Airbnb is buying a California-based background-check startup founded by three Indian-origin entrepreneurs in 2014 as it seeks to protect its users and hosts from undesirable and fraudulent people.
A report in Fortune magazine said Airbnb is buying Trooly, a startup that specialises in technology that...
June 29th, 2016Apartment-sharing startup Airbnb is in talks for a new round of funding that would value the company at $30 billion, a source close to the company said on Tuesday.
Airbnb intends to use the financing to support new investments and growth opportunities, the source added.
Airbnb, which expects to achieve profitability in 2016, raised...
June 17th, 2016Apartment-sharing startup Airbnb Inc has secured a $1 billion debt facility from some big U.S. banks to aid its new services and finance its expansion plans, a source close to the company said.
JPMorgan, Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp led the debt deal, the source said.
Airbnb, which expects to achieve...
December 9th, 2015If you are a business owner, providing perks for your employees is a great way to boost morale and increase productivity. Perks like health insurance (visit this website for more information) and paid sick days are vital to keep your employees happy. If you are a small business then you obviously can't provide massive perks like...
April 17th, 2015For online startups to gain user traction in any domain is a bumpy ride? There is no rocket science, but a perfect marketing strategy which sometimes works like Dropbox, which goes from 5000 to 75,000 users in one night using a video. Same like Dropbox today we are going to share insightful stories of online startups like Quora,...
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In childhood we read in Mahabharata (epics of ancient India) "How an ordinary boy Eklavya denied access to Drona's mentorship and how he made an image of Drona and took the image as his guru monitoring and inspiring him. Because of his restless efforts and dedication to get the attention of his Guru, he become an archer of...
