For Airbnb, 2020 Was Supposed To Be A Banner Year. Then The Pandemic Hit
AirBnb CEO Brian Chesky tells NPR that he expects his company to survive the coronavirus pandemic by emphasizing cleanliness, and acknowledging that travel is likely changed forever.
The CEO of Airbnb has made a lot of chocolate-chip cookies since the coronavirus pandemic began.
"People call it stress-baking," Brian Chesky said. "If that's the case, I'm going to be a Michelin chef pretty soon, because I got enough stress to do a lot of baking."
That's no surprise given that the lure of Airbnb â to have a unique experience by staying in a stranger's home â has lost considerable appeal as the pandemic courses its way through the world, paralyzing travel.
"In this crisis, it felt like I was a captain of a ship and a torpedo hit the side of the ship," Chesky said in an interview with NPR by Zoom, from his San Francisco home.
