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Airbnb Revives Plans To Go Public With Management Shakeup
Airbnb Revives Plans To Go Public With Management Shakeup
July 16, 2020  |  IPO

It could be the right time for Airbnb to go public. As the San Francisco-based vacation rental online marketplace has seen bookings rebound after coronavirus...

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Airbnb CEO Sees Potential For 2020 IPO Amid Bookings Rebound
Airbnb CEO Sees Potential For 2020 IPO Amid Bookings Rebound
June 22, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Airbnb’s big rebound from its short but sharp pandemic-induced slump has the CEO of one of the world’s most successful startups talking again about a...

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Charting The Travel Industry’s Next Adventure
Charting The Travel Industry’s Next Adventure
May 29, 2020  |  Travel Payments

The first half of 2020 has been particularly grueling for the travel industry. Jeff Cavins, CEO of recreational-vehicle rental site Outdoorsy, likens it to the...

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Retail Reopening Precautions Spell The End Of ‘Walk-Ins’
Retail Reopening Precautions Spell The End Of ‘Walk-Ins’
May 11, 2020  |  Retail

Retailers are opening their doors again during the pandemic to customers who have appointments. Some states have let businesses reopen while traversing new guidelines meant...

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Carnival CEO: Cruise Reservations Up For 2021 Despite Pandemic
Carnival CEO: Cruise Reservations Up For 2021 Despite Pandemic
April 15, 2020  |  Travel Payments

COVID-19’s impact on the cruise industry is so far not affecting reservations for 2021, which are up 40 percent over 2019. Carnival, the world’s biggest...

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Travel’s Long Journey Back To Normal
Travel’s Long Journey Back To Normal
April 15, 2020  |  Travel Payments

While there are very few industries that have not been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in some way,  travel as a vertical has been hit...

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Wedding Catering Company Shuffles The Deck
Wedding Catering Company Shuffles The Deck
April 08, 2020  |  Retail

Imagine if your business was planned in this way: minimal revenue for Q1, and maximum revenue for Q2. And for Q2, an unprecedented pandemic has...

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Airbnb Sees 40 Percent Drop In Bookings; Delays IPO
Airbnb Sees 40 Percent Drop In Bookings; Delays IPO
March 13, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The toll of the coronavirus on businesses has hit everything from tourism to large gatherings like concerts and conventions. With those goes the value of...

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Coronavirus, Olympics And What’s Next For Sporting Events Worldwide
Coronavirus, Olympics And What’s Next For Sporting Events Worldwide
February 28, 2020  |  International

The era of the incredibly enabled home entertainment system has had an interesting effect on the world of events. On the one hand, it is a...

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