Airbnb
Edouard Tabet is the Head of Guest Product at Airbnb. Edouard has held this position since April 2017. Prior to this, they were the Director of product at TripAdvisor from January 2015 to April 2017. During their time at TripAdvisor, they launched the TripAdvisor Timeline (formerly Rove, acquired by TripAdvisor in 2015). Edouard also led the development and launch of the first TripAdvisor AI assistant. Prior to TripAdvisor, Edouard was the Founder & CEO of ZeTrip/Rove (acquired by TripAdvisor) from October 2011 to January 2015. Rove is a revolutionary travel App that was fully automated travel memory. It was named one of the top 50 apps of 2013 by TIME, best of 2013 by Apple, 10 travel essentials by the Huffington Post, best of 2013 by CoolHunting, and top 10 lifelogging apps by Mashable. Before ZeTrip/Rove, Edouard was the VP Engineering at SpeedDate.com (acquired by Match.com) from July 2009 to October 2011. Edouard was also the founding tech lead at Trulia from January 2005 to December 2009.
Edouard Tabet has a MS in Computer Science from Pierre and Marie Curie University. Edouard also has a MS from University of Chicago in Computer Science as part of an exchange program with UPMC.
Airbnb
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Founded in 2008, Airbnb started out as a simple idea. The two founders, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were desperately trying to make rent in San Francisco. To raise money, they strategically rented out their air mattresses to attendees of a major conference in the area. This is where the name "Air Bed and Breakfast" is derived from, and would soon become the well-known industry disruptor "Airbnb". Airbnb is a global travel community that offers magical end-to-end trips, including where you stay, what you do and the people you meet. The platform has grown to 4 million hosts who have opened their homes to 1 billion guests around the world with their most popular destinations being in Kissimeee FL, NYC, LA, Davenport, FL, San Diego, Atlanta, Austin Texas, and many more. Airbnb uniquely leverages technology to economically empower millions of people around the world to unlock and monetize their spaces, passions and talents to become hospitality entrepreneurs. Through their technology, they facilitate the connection and renting process between the hosts and travelers, however, do not actually own any of the rented out spaces themselves. Although they are known mostly for their lodging services and unique housing options, they also provide online experiences or in-person meet ups and community relief services. These two offerings became especially prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other natural disasters that occurred around the world where housing options quickly became scarce. Today, Airbnb's headquarters are in San Francisco where the simple idea started. They have additional offices in LA, NYC, Berlin, and Paris with plans to expand in Atlanta. They will continue to widen their global footprint to accommodate guests around the world.