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Airbnb, in Filing for IPO, Warns of Profitability Challenges Ahead

Short-Term Rental Platform Lists Risks From More Rivals, Pandemic, Tourism Turbulence

San Francisco-based Airbnb, the world's largest short-term-rental operator, has filed to go public in the face of the global pandemic. (Getty Images)
San Francisco-based Airbnb, the world's largest short-term-rental operator, has filed to go public in the face of the global pandemic. (Getty Images)

Airbnb filed its long-awaited plans to go public as the arranger of short-term private property rentals stares down a pandemic that's one of the largest threats to the global hospitality industry — and its own prospects of profitability.

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