Airbnb

Airbnb’s prominence in the hospitality industry has paved the way for several niche alternative accommodations players to come into the market. A problem with Airbnb, however, is despite the reviews, there is no standardization across its platform; it really is a gamble when you stay at an...

Jim Cramer recently said on "Mad Money" that the boom in travel and leisure stocks is a direct result of millennials’ activity. Specifically, millennials are increasingly disinterested in consumer goods. “They don't have much of a yen for material goods anymore. They want...

Investors are likely familiar with the "FANG" acronym, perhaps even bored with the constant attention the technology group is getting. If that is the case, investors might find the latest group interesting and may well want to monkey it. Welcome, "APE." Speaking to CNBC from the sidelines of the...

“Gig workers” make up almost 34 percent of the workforce, and Recode expects this number to double in four years. Gig workers are the Uber drivers, AirBnB property owners, the freelance writers, the self-employed musicians — the workers who make their own schedule and find their...

After attending day one of the developer conference SIGNAL in San Francisco held this week, JMP Securities is reiterating its Market Outperform rating on API provider Twilio, Inc (NYSE: TWLO). “The good news is that we believe Twilio is doing the right things to win in this category,”...

Vacasa, the second largest U.S. vacation rental platform has announced that more than 4,500 of its properties will now be available on Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN)'s Booking.com. “We’re always looking for ways to expand our value proposition and better market the homes in our...

Trivago NV - ADR (NASDAQ: TRVG) reported its first earnings release as a public company Monday. Adjusted EBITDA was €19.3 million versus €7.7M in the same quarter last year. Sales grew 68 percent year-over-year to €267.6 million. Shares rose sharply, peaking at an all-time high of $...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) revealed in its fiscal second-quarter report it is sitting on more than one-quarter of a trillion dollars in pure hard cash. To be specific, the company is holding $256.8 billion, up more than $10 billion from just the prior quarter. The problem is $239 billion is held...

While Airbnb brought enormous attention to the short-term vacation rental space, more specialized players are now entering the industry, bringing differentiated offerings to a new trend in hospitality. As the amount of vacation rentals available flourishes, the trickiness in pricing rentals...

Brian Singerman, a general partner at Founders Fund, was ranked fifth on the Forbes annual Midas List, which is a ranking of the top venture capitalists. Among some of the fund's holdings include Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and privately held Spotify, Lyft, Airbnb, SpaceX and Palantir. Speaking...

As ATM cards are poised to disappear, “Venmo” becomes a verb and the fintech space moves closer to a world of frictionless payments, it feels like fintech is everywhere. Now, Sourcery, a digital payments platform, is working to bring financial technology to bars, restaurants and company...

After a lull in 2016, the IPO market has gotten off to a solid start this year. Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) set the ball rolling for a potentially productive year, with its 200 million share offering. Many other high profile names such as Uber, Spotify, Lyft, Airbnb and Dropbox are expected to follow...

In a note released Monday, MKM Partners explained why Snapchat's parent Snap Inc.'s IPO will be the most high-profiled and controversial internet IPO this year. The firm's view comes amid the impending IPOs of some interesting privately-held companies such as Uber, Ant Financial and AirBnB in the...

Online marketplaces have become commonplace in the age of the sharing economy. Renting out vehicles, ordering food, sharing rides and finding temporary help. If you can think of it, you can bet a startup already exists. When making purchases, most consumers punch in their credit card details with...

Hospitality giants are showing increased interest in the luxury vacation rental sector. It is no mystery that AirBnB and Accor SA are growing at an astonishing pace. That's because both companies are constantly on the lookout for expansion opportunities. Recently, the luxury vacation rental...