Airbnb names Pepijn Rijvers chief business officer

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    "url": "https://www.hoteldive.com/news/airbnb-names-pepijn-rijvers-chief-business-officer/829482/",
    "title": "Airbnb names Pepijn Rijvers chief business officer - Hotel Dive",
    "excerpt": "The former Tripadvisor and Booking.com leader succeeds Dave Stephenson as Airbnb furthers its hotel strategy. Airbnb has appointed Pepijn Rijvers , formerly an executive at Tripadvisor Group, as the company’s new chief business officer, according to a Tuesday news release. In his new role, Rijvers is tasked with leading the homes, hotels, global markets and enterprise operations divisions as Airbnb focuses on scaling its hotel strategy . Rijvers succeeds Dave Stephenson, who joined the short-term rental platform eight years ago and “built the function that established Hotels as a business” within Airbnb, co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said in a companywide email shared Sept. 1. Prior to his role as chief business officer at Tripadvisor, Rijvers spent 13 years at Booking.com in various senior leadership roles, which “gave him a clear view of why Airbnb needs to follow a very different path,” according to Chesky. “[Booking.com] is an intent platform: people arrive knowing where they’re going and use it to complete a transaction. Airbnb has the opportunity to start much earlier - helping people discover where to go, where to stay, and what to do when they get there,” Chesky wrote. “Pepijn believes that by helping people discover what makes a place special, Airbnb can become the most local brand in the world.” Airbnb announced additional leadership changes alongside Rijvers’...",
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    "article_sentence": "The latest leadership announcements also come as Airbnb expands its hotel business, last month signing an agreement with Lark Hotels, a boutique hotel management and development company.",
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