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Bouncing back from Covid-19, Airbnb in 2022 saw a 70% growth in overnight bookings in India, one of its biggest markets, CEO Brian Chesky told us in an exclusive chat. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ TCS to build its own ChatGPT alternative■ UPI merchant payments to hit $1 trillion by FY26: report■ ETtech Done DealsETtech Interview | India to be one of our biggest growth markets this decade: Airbnb CEO In 2022, Airbnb's revenue grew 40% year-on-year to $8.4 billion and net…

Image: AirbnbAirbnb users still on the fence about whether or not to list their apartment or home as a rental on the site can now get a helping hand from some of the site’s most experienced listers.Studenglass Kompact Demonstration00:19Studenglass 2 DemonstrationYesterday 3:32PMStarting this week, Airbnb will connect potential new hosts with “Superhosts” who will provide them step-by-step instructions on how to set up their listing to ensure it’s desirable and clickable for guests. The host mentor program is one of…

Airbnb Inc.'s chief executive tweeted that the vacation rental company would make changes in the way it displays prices on its platform after it faced customer complaints. "I've heard you loud and clear—you feel like prices aren't transparent and checkout tasks are a pain," CEO Brian Chesky tweeted. Chesky said Airbnb would make four changes starting next month, where guests would be able to see the total price they are required to pay up front.Read Also Customers would now be able to view a full price breakdown with…

Image: Joel Saget (Getty Images)Airbnb users are about to have a better sense of what they’re signing up for when they book supposedly affordable weekend getaway listings.CEO Brian Chesky announced a number of new transparency features impacting the way it displays prices in a tweet Monday, including a new toggle feature which will display cleaning fees and other additional compulsory charges. Users who click the new “Display total price” toggle feature will see the true total price of their trip, before taxes, in search…

“Somebody once said ‘numbers is the language of business.’ No, it’s not. Language is the language of business,” says Brian Chesky, cofounder and CEO of Airbnb. “The key is that, it’s not that creativity should drive everything. It’s that it should be in the room. It should be in the conversation.”On this week’s Most Innovative Companies Podcast, Chesky shares how he navigated both the financial crisis and a pandemic to build an iconic brand with staying power. In a world where few creative people helm major companies,…

Airbnb is, by nearly every measure, a Silicon Valley success story.The company was founded during the Great Recession, shot up through the prestigious Y Combinator program, made its market debut during the pandemic, and is now worth more than $70 billion. But things might have looked different if it weren’t for a bad dream in late 2019 that caused CEO and cofounder Brian Chesky to reconsider how he runs the company.“I always thought it was made up when people actually have these dreams,” Chesky said during a conversation…