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Business Matters: Airbnb valued at over $100bn

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11/12/2020 GMT

Airbnb valued at over $100bn

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Airbnb valued at over $100bn

Shares in holiday booking platform have surged on their first day of public trade.

Airbnb went public on Thursday with a record listing for 2020, despite the devastating year for the travel and hospitality industries.Their CEO tells us that they are looking after their sharing community 

Plus - America moves a step closer to authorising its first vaccine - what will the challenges along the road be? And we talk about the lack of a firm plan to replace the current Covid aid for millions of Americans.

And supermodel Naomi Campell tells us why more attention should be given to African fashion designers.

Throughout the programme we are joined by guests James Mayger in Beijing and Kimberly Adams in Washington.

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