Airbnb Names Ex-Booking.com Hotel Boss and Viator President as Chief Business Officer

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    "title": "Airbnb Names Ex-Booking.com Hotel Boss and Viator President as Chief Business Officer - Skift",
    "contact": "Pepijn Rijvers",
    "excerpt": "If Airbnb needs people connections and know-how to scale its boutique hotels business, it found someone with deep experience in Pepijn Rijvers. He also has marketing and tours and activities experience at Booking.com and Viator, respectively. Select a question above or ask something else Airbnb on Tuesday named Pepijn Rijvers, who ran Booking.com's hotels and short-term rental business, as its new chief business officer. He succeeds Dave Stephenson. The move comes as Airbnb treats expanding its hotels business as a strategic priority. In August, Airbnb said it had added thousands of boutique hotels across 20 cities, including New York, Paris, London, Madrid, Rome, and Singapore. Rijvers spent more than a dozen years at Booking.com - arguably Airbnb's main rival - from 2008 to 2021. In addition to his roles in accommodations, he served as chief marketing officer for around five years and launched the company's China business, a market where Subscribe now for complete access to Skift.com’s trusted coverage of the travel industry. Already a subscriber? Login Enter your email for a complimentary article + exclusive offers. Already a subscriber? Login",
    "summary": "Airbnb has appointed Pepijn Rijvers, who previously led the hotels and short-term rental business at Booking.com, as its new Chief Business Officer.",
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