Airbnb bets on strong summer travel to drive revenue growth

Might 3 (Reuters) – Family vacation rental firm Airbnb Inc ABNB.O projected 2nd-quarter earnings previously mentioned market estimates on Tuesday, betting on pent-up demand to push a powerful summer months journey period just after COVID-19 curbs have been eased globally.

The San Francisco-based business expects earnings between $2.03 billion and $2.13 billion, compared with the normal analyst expectation of $1.96 billion, according to Refinitiv data.

The increase of hybrid working has in latest months encouraged individuals to e-book more time and additional frequent stays in locations absent from cities, giving a enhance to rental vendors.

Airbnb, which made a slew of changes to its provider final yr to take advantage of the publish-pandemic journey rebound, claimed it posted the strongest progress for gross nights booked in non-city locations in 1st 3 months of 2022.

“In Q1, extended-time period stays of 28 days or far more remained our swiftest-developing group by trip size in contrast to 2019,” the organization mentioned in a statement.

Gross booked evenings in city destinations also posted sturdy advancement and rose earlier mentioned pre-pandemic amounts thanks to the return of intercontinental vacation, although evenings and experiences bookings – a essential metric of the platform’s overall performance – exceeded 100 million for the very first time.

That alongside with a 37% surge in common day by day premiums over 2019 concentrations drove Airbnb’s earnings 70% larger from a yr previously.

On the internet vacation websites Expedia Team Inc EXPE.O and Trivago NV TVAGy.F experienced also posted better quarterly revenues on Monday as demand returned to pre-pandemic degrees.

Airbnb described a scaled-down net reduction of $18.8 million, or 3 cents for each share, as opposed with a reduction of $1.17 billion, or $1.95 for each share, a year earlier.

(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru Modifying by Aditya Soni)

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