AirBnB Stock Market Float Back on Table

Jillie1
Level 10
Harrogate, United Kingdom

AirBnB Stock Market Float Back on Table

Airbnb has announced plans to list on the stock market as concerns over the impact of the coronavirus ease - as announced by the BBC.

 

I'm wondering what this will mean to us hosts?

 

Jillie

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Mike-And-Jane0
Top Contributor
England, United Kingdom

@Jillie1 Hopefully positives. They will have to run the company more professionally and might even use some of the money to invest in better IT solutions.

Jane563
Level 10
Brighton, United Kingdom

Some free shares maybe?

@Jane563  I very seriously doubt it.

Laura162
Level 2
Atlanta, GA

Hopefully it means they will have the funds to hire back the the 1,900+ employees they let go just before AirBnb had a surge in reservations.  Terrible decision by the CEO.  As a trader, I will be looking for opportunities to short the stock.        

@Laura162 

Would you not consider a "surge in reservations" natural when guests have been told they were previously restricted from travel and they couldn't travel abroad, or by Air- like they normally would?

 

And wouldn't you want to question why the funds were not there already since they were only holding them in trust for the hosts benefit?

Mary996
Level 10
Swansea, United Kingdom

@Laura162 

What does 'short the stock' mean please???

Jim554
Level 2
Oxford, MS

Mary996
Level 10
Swansea, United Kingdom

Thanks for your positive perspective Jim! I now feel quite excited. Don't know anything about Stocks and Shares but do welcome your tips and more about why Airbnb is a good bet in your opinion.