Trivia – Modern Trekker https://moderntrekker.com The World Is Waiting Thu, 06 Sep 2018 11:46:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 https://moderntrekker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-Plane2-32x32.jpg Trivia – Modern Trekker https://moderntrekker.com 32 32 144266218 The Interesting Story Of How Airbnb Got Its Name https://moderntrekker.com/what-does-airbnb-stand-for/ https://moderntrekker.com/what-does-airbnb-stand-for/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2018 07:00:36 +0000 https://moderntrekker.com/?p=2821 Question: What does Airbnb stand for? Answer: Well, it should be…

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Answer: Well, it should be super obvious but “Airbnb” is shorthand for its old official name, “AirBed&Breakfast”. This old name was a combination of “airbed” and “bed and breakfast”. Co-founder and now CEO, Brian Chesky, explains the story behind this somewhat strange combination of words in the following short video:

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