Topic

Airbnb

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Airbnb - the shows and 98 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

These episodes explore the short-term rental and hospitality landscape through multiple lenses: marketplace dynamics and investment theses (FJ Lab's approach to 100+ deals yearly, Joseph Woodbury's storage marketplace model raising $75M from a16z), operational transformation (how a distressed $800K motel became a $2.4M revenue machine), and sector-specific improvements like pet-friendly screening through PetScreening and honest host expectations via SkyRun. They also cover emerging questions about AI adoption in a $1.6B hotel portfolio, amenity optimization like hotel gyms, and the design and technology foundations underpinning these platforms.

Best shows on Airbnb

Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis 🇺🇦
1 episode · best 88.0/100
Y Combinator Startup Podcast
1 episode · best 85.0/100
ATLalts
1 episode · best 83.0/100
Matt Talks Hospitality: Real conversations for innovative hoteliers
1 episode · best 81.0/100
Hotel Tech Insider
2 episodes · best 80.0/100
The Art Of Hospitality
60 episodes · best 80.0/100
Alex and Annie
1 episode · best 77.0/100
This Week in Startups
1 episode · best 77.0/100

Best episodes on Airbnb

Ehab Bandar - Designing a Life of Creative Freedom
Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis 🇺🇦 · 2025-08-19
88 / 100
…Through BigTable, he partners with ambitious teams to shape a better future through design and technology, collaborating with clients such as Charles Schwab, Airbnb and Wells Fargo.…
"The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer"
Y Combinator Startup Podcast · 2026-06-10
85 / 100
…Um, you look at Airbnb, it's like the website was a form and the form was just like, literally where you inputted what you needed and then someone somehow went there and figured out how to actually make the booking happen.…
Liquidity Without Selling: Ian Leisegang on 3Spoke Capital's Structured Secondaries Playbook
ATLalts · 2026-05-12
83 / 100
…So by way of example companies people would know like we've had Docusign, Airbnb, Uber, you know, these are a couple of like some of the legacy, the first really big venture backed, institutional venture backed companies that ultimately went public and that everybody has used probably at least once…
Hotel gyms: Tick-box afterthought or an untapped opportunity? Ft. Lou Zameryka of Airbnb & Borivoj Vokrinek of Cushman & Wakefield
Matt Talks Hospitality: Real conversations for innovative hoteliers · 2026-06-10
81 / 100
…He's involved with various wellness projects, has worked@booking.com for 17 years and now leads hotel enterprise and connectivity partnerships at Airbnb.…
Are Experiences Changing the Way Guests Book Travel? (With Seth Borko)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-08-19
80 / 100
…We've looked at Sonder, we've looked at Vacasa, of course Airbnb, we continue to cover all these, these operators.…
Skift Editor-in-Chief on Why Hotels Are Going Independent
Hotel Tech Insider · 2026-08-03
80 / 100
…But one of the owners that's in my piece, he was like, you know, I never used to, like, really book with Airbnb, but now I do.…
$1.6B Hotel Portfolio CEO on Who Wins the AI Era
Hotel Tech Insider · 2026-06-22
77 / 100
…151 00:08:44,975 - > 00:08:50,550 That is Expedia, that is then booking.com and then Airbnb's.…
The Great AI Debate: Direct Bookings, Websites, and the Future of Search with Richard Vaughton and Mark Simpson
Alex and Annie · 2026-06-17
77 / 100
…But Airbnb and Verbo have really, you know, had caught up over the last couple of years.…
How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322
This Week in Startups · 2026-08-07
77 / 100
…Airbnb, Figma and then Twilio.…
Scaling Short Term Rentals With AI Automation and Operations with Tim Hubbard
Radical Hospitality Show · 2026-08-20
75 / 100
…Also talk with the travel agencies like Airbnb.…
Blitzscaling's Chris Yeh on Infinite Learning, Staying Cool, and Building Strategic Networks
“HR Heretics” · 2025-12-16
74 / 100
…And one of the things we did early on is we talked about Airbnb and we said, here's the thing you have to understand about blitzscaling.…
84. What do DeepMind & Demis Hassabis teach us about the new era of Category leadership?
The Difference Engine · 2026-08-26
74 / 100
…So if you think about Airbnb, uh, founded in 2008, um, what was the top hype topic at the time?…
How a $800K Distressed Motel Became a $2.4M Revenue Machine | Michael Russell E87
The Hotel Investor Playbook · 2026-06-30
73 / 100
…Um, you know, Airbnb was relatively new, right?…
Joseph Woodbury: The Airbnb of Storage, marketplaces, moats, raising $75M from a16z
Startup Ignition Podcast · 2026-06-17
71 / 100
…started with the idea [00:02:26 -> 00:02:34] of unlocking underutilized and underused storage space in people's homes and turning it into a [00:02:34 -> 00:02:38] marketplace, basically like the Airbnb, but for storage.…
Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst: Great founders always strive for excellence
Deal Talk: Interviews with Private Equity Leaders · 2026-01-27
70 / 100
…It manages more than 40 billion in assets under management and has over 800 portfolio companies, including some of the world's most known tech heavyweights, such as Stripe, Airbnb, Canva or Snap.…
James Beshara: How a Dangerous Problem Led to a Magical Solution
Pattern Breakers · 2026-04-27
70 / 100
…Four years in tilt sold to Airbnb in a fire sale.…
The Root Problems With Scaling Vacation Rental Brands (With Ashley Ching)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-07-01
70 / 100
…I'm surprised that when you go on Airbnb, there's not.…
Don't Start With an MVP for your SaaS (Build a MVO Instead)
SaaS Mastery · 2026-01-07
68 / 100
Why pet-friendly rentals need better screening with PetScreening CEO John Bradford
Short Term Rentalz: The Short Scoop · 2026-06-26
67 / 100
…One, when you click that pet-friendly box on any of the search engines for the industry, when people are searching, we've learned from both Airbnb and VRBO, for example, that that little box is clicked three times as much as the filter not being checked, which shows there is a huge demand for it.…
Episode 162: Saving For Your Kids Future with Mary Lyons.
The Girl Gang Podcast · 2022-05-27
66 / 100
29 - Ueno: making technology more human
Private View · 2026-04-09
63 / 100
…Having worked with pretty much every single major tech brand out there, we're talking Google, Apple, Airbnb, Slack, netfl and the work was always the most important thing.…
How Airbnb Survived the Pandemic by Cutting 1900 Jobs
Startup Stories with Fexingo · 2026-06-28
63 / 100
…Lucas: On May 5, 2020, Brian Chesky sat down at his kitchen table in San Francisco and wrote an email that would be sent to every Airbnb employee.…
🔮 Live from Money2020 in Amsterdam - Content Is the Company: Rethinking Business in the Age of Media with Sebuh Mesfin
In Growth We Trust · 2025-06-11
63 / 100
…peaker A: Did you uh, did you see the kind of switch in communication that uh, happened at uh, Airbnb?…
FJ Lab's Jeff Weinstein on the marketplace thesis, investing in crypto & how they the invest in 100s of deals a year
The Inquisitive VC
58 / 100
…So DoorDash, Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, all have in common that their marketplaces.…
Hire People Smarter Than You: Humble Leadership in the Age of AI
Take Command: A Leadership Podcast · 2026-07-14
57 / 100
…She brings more than 20 years of experience in global business operations and strategic planning with leadership roles at Uber, Airbnb and Walmart E Commerce.…
Setting Honest Expectations with Vacation Rental Homeowners with Kimberly Layton of SkyRun
The Vacation Rental Show, Hosted by Lynell Gordon · 2026-06-17
52 / 100
…Because running a business, running a franchise, having to know how to deal with the money part of it, how to pay taxes, how to make a listing, how to integrate that to Airbnb, vrbo, et cetera, et Cetera is no easy undertaking for an individual.…
The Players Nobody Saw
We Are Not A Family · 2026-05-29
51 / 100
…In 2008, the founders of Airbnb were introduced to seven prominent Silicon Valley venture investors.…
...I'm Selling Tickets To My Wedding
Sales Funnel Radio · 2025-06-18
46 / 100
…Same thing with Airbnb.…
CX Update #20: customer satisfaction at Airbnb, building empathy and more!
The CX Podcast · 2024-04-26
43 / 100
…Thanks to my friend Sam, I was guided to a podcast a few weeks ago and it was a podcast from Brian Chesky, the CEO and founder of Airbnb, where he shared his vision on doing business and there were some really diamonds in there in terms of customer experience tips.…
Introducing The Curious Concierge: My Journey Into Hospitality and Why Asia Matters
The Curious Concierge · 2025-12-23
41 / 100
…Now, somewhere in the middle of all of this, I became an Airbnb host myself.…
The Silent Voice of Design: Demystifying Typography
Gamage UX: The Product Design Playbook · 2026-03-17
38 / 100
…Maybe it's Spotify, Airbnb, or Uber.…
New from Skift: Executive Conversations Shaping the Travel Industry
Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast · 2026-01-26
26 / 100
…You'll hear from leaders at companies like Hilton, Expedia, Airbnb, and JetBlue.…
How to build a marketplace without coding skills.
Jim A. James & The UnNoticed Entrepreneur · 2025-04-22
…If you've got the next Airbnb idea in your mind and you're an entrepreneur, uh, but you're thinking, oh, no, I've got to find a tech person to build it, I got to outsource it to someone, I got to go through all the tech stack and it's going to take…
Lessons - She Built the altMBA With Seth Godin Then Raised $25M to Reinvent Online Learning | Wes Kao - Maven Co-Founder (Backed by a16z)
Success Story with Scott D. Clary · 2026-06-27
…courses, you know, instead of learning from a professor of product management who hasn't been in industry for 25 years, you can learn from Lenny Urchitsky, who was an early product manager at Airbnb, now makes a living writing his Substack newsletter.…
How Airbnb Built a Trust-Based Marketplace
Business Models Explained with Fexingo · 2026-06-15
What Are Vacation Rental Managers Getting Wrong On Digital Ads? (With Amber Knight)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-08-06
From 6 Units to 430: The Unexpected Journey of Building Sojourn (With Dunniela Kaufman)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-08-12
Why Niche Brands Are the Future of Vacation Rentals (With Bob Milne)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-08-05
The Biggest AI Shift Coming to Hospitality (With Christian Hyland)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-07-29
An Industry Veteran Tells Us What's Going On In The Vacation Rental Space Today (With Annie Holcombe)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-07-22
The Story Of AI Agents Running A 150 Unit Company With 1 Full Time Employee (With Jan Sahagun)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-05-27
This Might Be The Best Way To Build A Vacation Rental Business? (With James Cornwell)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-07-15
We've Got A Lot To Learn From The Top Euro Operators (With Cristiana Carpini)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-07-08
The Best Vacation Rental Marketing Data Might Be Here (With Jamey King)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-06-24
He's On The Bleeding Edge Of AI Adoption In The Vacation Rental Industry... (With Ivan Nikolov)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-06-17
Where Do PMS Platforms Go From Here In The New AI Era? (With Frank Bosi)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-06-10
Are Vacation Rental SaaS Vendors Going Away? (With Richard Vaughton and Luca De Giglio)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-06-03
Operator Series: So, What's Up With Fairly? (With CJ Johnson)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-04-08
If We Were Going To Build A Vacation Rental Business, How Would We Do It? (With Adam Norko & Conrad O'Connell)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-05-20
Operator Series: These Vacation Rental Managers Are THE AI Pioneers (With JJ King, Jack Zoppa, Jacob Mueller)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-05-13
The Vacation Rental Data God Is Back With An Update (With Jamie Lane)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-05-06
Operator Series: Winning In The Midwest With The Right Team (With Michael Friedman)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-04-29
The Art Of Hospitality Meets The Art Of Storytelling (With Neely Khan and Rachel Alday)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-04-22
Everything Is Changing And It Brought This Exec Out Of Retirement (With John Suzuki)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-04-15
The Future Of What Vacation Rental Management Leadership Looks Like Is Here (With Jack Zoppa)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-04-01
How Airbnb Built a Trust-Based Marketplace
Business Models Explained with Fexingo · 2026-07-20
Operator Series: Learning Business Models And Growth The Right Way (With Doug Truitt)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-03-25
Learning How To Actually Operate Better With AI (With Heather Bayer)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-03-18
What Vacation Rental Managers Can Learn From High-End Dining (With Chef Franck)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-03-11
What Building A PMS Looks Like In 2026 (With Jim DeVos)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-03-04
What Almost All Vacation Rentals & Short Term Rentals Are Getting WRONG (With Scott Eddy)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-02-25
The Future Of Franchising Is Operations, Brand And Excellence (With Dennis Goedheid & Russ Kraft)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-02-18
The Story Of Exploding Business Growth With A National Property Mangement Brand (With Elliott Caldwell)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-02-11
Breaking Down The Current Status Of Regulations In Our Industry (With Dana Lubner)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-01-28
Connecting Local Hosts, Property Managers And The World Is Marketing (With Mark Simpson)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-01-21
Building An OTA That Guests AND Property Managers Will Love (With Alex Alioto)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-01-14
Learning From Two Decades Of Mid-Term Rentals Experience (With Gary Brown)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2026-01-07
How Do You Make Data Useful For Your Vacation Rental Business (With Adam Norko & Conrad O'Connell)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-12-31
Breaking Down Growth In All The Right Ways, Vibe Coding & More (With JJ King)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-12-24
Talking All Things Revenue, Booms, Local Vs National & More... (With Rena Pacheco-Theard)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-12-17
Taking Control Of Your Career And Mindset For Success (With Michelle Marquis)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-12-10
Creating Success In Unique Vacation Rental Markets (With Jeremy Udovich)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-12-03
Everything Is Changing: This Expert Explains Why And How You'll Be Impacted (With Brennen Bliss)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-11-26
Sonder Is Dead. What Happened And What's The Future Of Master Leasing? (With Adam Norko and Conrad O'Connell)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-11-19
Previewing DARM 2025: The Impact Of Vacation Rental Conferences Right Now (With Amy Hinote)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-11-12
What Most Managers And Hosts Miss When Designing Their In-Property Experience (With Rachel Vigil)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-11-05
Trust And Brand Building In Today's New AI World (With Jessica Gillingham)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-10-29
VRMA 2025 In Las Vegas (With JJ King, Alex Alioto, Dennis Goedheid & Jamie Lane)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-10-22
The Direct Booking Movement Is More Important Than You Even Think... (With Humphrey Bowles)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-10-15
Bye For Now (With Scott Fasano)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-10-08
Telling The Story Of Real Estate Investments That Make Business Sense (With Zach Arko)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-10-01
Talking Operations To The Next Level As You Scale (With Michael Vialpando)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-09-24
Marketing Approach With The Four Boxes Framework, Airbnb Changes, Guest Trends In 2025 & More (With Conrad O'Connell & Adam Norko)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-09-17
What Does The Next OTA Success Story Look Like? (With Paul Buonopane & Jeffrey Manheimer)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-09-10
Learning Through Growth, Exit, And Building Something Brand-New + VRMA 2025 Preview (With Jodi Refosco)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-09-03
Summer 2025 Grab Bag (With Adam Norko & Conrad O'Connell)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-08-27
Hands On With Top Performing Properties Is Hard Work (With Erin Lenhardt)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-08-20
This Expert Says Almost Every Vacation Rental Manager Is Doing Design All WRONG (With Mark Lumpkin)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-08-13
Lessons Learned From Scaling Content Creation Marketing To 80%+ Direct Bookings (With Sarah Stahl)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-07-30
Building Teams And Systems: Is This The Way To Actually Scale And Grow? (With Marisa Grover)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-07-23
Are You Setup For Success With Your Marketing Efforts?
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-07-16
Marketing vs Operations: What Do The Best Vacation Rental Managers Do To Grow? (With Chad Blankenship & Alex Husner)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-07-09
What Operations Software Can Do To Make Your Business Run Better (With Simon Seroussi)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-07-02
Exploring Digital Advertising From A New Perspective (With Anthony Chiaravallo)
The Art Of Hospitality · 2025-06-25
Building a $400M Hostel Empire: From Airbnb to Hawaiian Hostels
Radical Hospitality Show · 2024-12-02
Single-Unit Airbnb's Are Failing - Do THIS Instead To Make Money in Real Estate Investing
Radical Hospitality Show · 2024-11-03
Dr. Ellen Madeker - Airbnb | Balancing acts: tourism regulations, politics & female leadership
SMACK Hospitality · 2023-12-07
S2, Ep 08: A Glamping Good Leader!
Sales Leader Secrets · 2025-07-01
…There's booking.com and Airbnb.…