Airbnb (ABNB) is the world's largest short-term rental marketplace. It earns fees on every booking made through its platform and directly benefits when travel demand surges around major sporting events like the World Cup.
Airbnb growth re-accelerated from 10% to 18%, a marketplace inflection that's hard to reverse at scale.
Airbnb stock has been flat because the core is saturating; reinvention into 50+ verticals is the rerate path