![]() ![]() We are a hospitality company and we’re looking for people who primarily want to help other people. “In terms of the 100 new roles, we are looking for people who are passionate about travel. Hassell added that up to 50 to 60 visitors from HQ could be on site at any one time and come to Dublin to get a taste of the international business and figure out new ways to serve the growing community of hosts. “So we’re firing on all of those three cylinders.” “The purpose of Dublin is really three-fold: one is to be the centre for customer services operations, the other is to be our Hospitality and Innovation Lab, and the last is to be the crossroads between HQ in San Francisco and all of our international operations. “We were able to grow pretty quickly based on the core group that arrived in August and we have built up a team from all around Europe and we’re hiring gradually from graduate meet-ups. Hassell explained that renovation work is taking place upstairs to accommodate the doubled Dublin workforce. They’ve since moved to a new building, the Watermarque Building, near Ringsend, where 100 people are ensconced in uniquely designed offices that reflect actual locations advertised on Airbnb. The operation will be headed by EMEA chief Aisling Hassell, who explained the operation was established in Dublin only last August, when a landing team arrived and started operations on Lansdowne Road. Firing on all cylindersĭoubling in Dublin – Airbnb to grow to 200 jobs ![]() I would imagine every function of the company will be here,” Chesky said. “Eventually, we will have a lot of pan-European roles, including HR, finance, technology and legal. The roles will initially be centred on two areas: customer safety and customer service. Today, Airbnb revealed it is to double the size of its Dublin international headquarters from 100 to 200 employees. Investors include venture-capital giants Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, DST, Y Combinator and Greylock Partners, as well as YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim and actor Ashton Kutcher. Since then, the company has grown to be valued today at an estimated US$10bn following a recent US$500m funding round. We had no idea at the time it would grow into this.”Ī group of designers and technologists, including Blecharczyk, CEO Brian Chesky, and chief product officer Joe Gebbia, established Airbnb in San Francisco, California, in 2007. We really didn’t think this would become a business. Disruptive online accommodation player Airbnb views Dublin City, where the company is doubling its workforce to 200 people, as its hub for future innovation, Airbnb’s founders told .Īirbnb has more than 500,000 listings in 33,000 cities worldwide.Ĭo-founder and CTO Nathan Blecharczyk confirms the company was founded by a bunch of friends who wanted to make money by providing a B&B service from their apartment but could only provide an air mattress for guests to sleep on. ![]()
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