And you don’t have to believe that the world is going to stay like this forever. This would have never been possible because you had to be back in the office.īurnett: Right… you had to generally plan around a one-week vacation, which by the time you get there and you settle in and you leave, right, it’s a few days.Ĭhesky: Exactly. This is way outside what was typically considered a typical travel trip, which is just a few nights.Ī fifth of our business, by nights, is longer than a month. Half of our business is now a week or longer. Half of our nights booked are now a week or longer. And so this is, I think, going to open up a huge amount of flexibility, and therefore a lot more travel for people.īurnett: Ok, so this travel then, some of it’s related to… longer stays or longer weekends.Ĭhesky: Absolutely. They’re more flexible about where they can go, when they can go. What it means is millions of people are now more flexible. And so long as employers allow people to live a hybrid life - we don’t all have to come back to work five days a week. Now, all three places are in the same place. Before the pandemic, we used to live in one place or house, work in another place or office, go to a third place - travel. The world is never going back to the way it was in 2019. Some people look at this and they say, ‘Wait, things have fundamentally changed and business travel has changed and the way people view travel has changed.’ What are you seeing that makes you so optimistic?Ĭhesky: Well they’re right. But now things are turning around for the vacation home rental business, with users booking longer stays thanks to greater flexibility in the way we live, work and travel.Ĭo-founder and CEO Brian Chesky spoke with CNN’s Erin Burnett about the business, his vision for the future of work, and the company’s promise to offer temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees.īurnett: Your words here are ‘travel revolution’ and that you think the industry will come back bigger than ever. Many had doubted it could survive as Covid cases soared and the company lost 80% of its business. Why Jony Ive’s greatest achievement wasn’t the iPhone.Airbnb has been on a wild ride. Jony Ive can now design his own future as his Apple exit is made officialĪpple CEO Tim Cook says report calling Jony Ive’s departure contentious is absurd Jony Ive’s latest design masterpiece? A comedy nose!Īpple’s former design chief Jony Ive to work with Ferrari Ive departed Apple in 2019 to set up LoveFrom, which works with like-minded designers, architects, musicians, and other creatives. More recently, however, reports pointed to an increase in rural rentals as people seek quieter spaces and a change of scenery during the ongoing pandemic. In May, the company announced it was laying off 1,900 employees, equal to about 25% of its workforce. The Airbnb boss also said Ive will help Airbnb to “continue to develop our internal design team,” so it could be that rather than create any kind of physical product, Ive’s input will be more as a consultant.Ĭhesky added that he and Ive “have been good friends for many years,” with the former Apple design chief “gracious enough to provide me with guidance and advice.” In 2015, Ive wrote a piece for Time magazine in which he praised Airbnb as “a remarkable startup” and lauded Chesky, who majored in industrial design at Rhode Island School of Design, for his “obsession with detail.”Īirbnb’s global business, like others in the travel industry, has suffered terribly during the coronavirus pandemic, with revenue this year expected to be less than half of what it was in 2019. “We have made the decision to work together through a multiyear relationship to design the next generation of Airbnb products and services.”ĭetails as to the kinds of products and services that Ive will be working on are scant, but knowing that the Brit also helped to design Apple’s striking “spaceship” campus, as well as its uniquely styled retail stores, could he be about to help the accommodation service create its own line of opulent rental offerings? Or will he just tweak the website? “Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Jony and his partners at LoveFrom will be engaging in a special collaboration with me and the Airbnb team,” Chesky said in a blog post. The partnership was announced by Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Wednesday, October 21.
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