Terence Kwong

The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime. My thoughts - and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom - are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.

#Airbnb, a vacation rental firm, said it has witnessed a 140% increase in the bookings of non-urban nights in India in the second quarter of calendar 2022, compared to the corresponding quarter in 2019. trib.al/y9ABNAt

🤝 The Queen received Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle today. Her Majesty asked her to form a new Administration. Ms. Truss accepted Her Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

Today, we’re announcing that Airbnb employees can live and work anywhere. Our design for working at Airbnb has 5 key features:

🙌🙌💪💪 @evanspiegel The word “metaverse” is never uttered in Snap’s offices. “...because it’s pretty ambiguous & hypothetical. Ask a room of people & everyone’s definition is totally different.” Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel dismisses Facebook’s metaverse theguardian.com/technology/202…

“In Q1 alone, Meta’s Metaverse/Reality Labs operated at a loss of $2.96 billion, and last year, Reality Labs lost over $10 billion.” The iPhone didn’t even cost $3B to build, let alone $13B… F&@k the Metaverse! techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/met…

.@Airbnb is offering free, short-term housing for 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. news.airbnb.com/help-ukraine/

A harrowing account from a Host in Ukraine living through the invasion

Another way people are supporting Ukraine Hosts: booking Experiences they aren't going to do. All fees are waived

A wonderful day filled with amazing products. I’m so proud of everyone on my team who helped lead today’s incredible products. For Mac Studio and Studio Display — years ago we had a great vision of what Apple Silicon would allow us to build. I just know you’re going to love them

Beautiful story between two @Airbnb hosts — one in Salt Lake City, the other in Ukraine.

11,183 people have signed up just in the last week to offer their homes to refugees

My heart is full. So glad to help the people of Ukraine in this small way thanks to @Airbnb #PrayingForUkraine #FreedomForUkraine

People are booking Airbnb spots in Kyiv, as a way to give money to people there. This ingenious kindness has taken me so by surprise I've started the day blubbing. God Bless #Ukraine

Airbnb hosts in Ukraine are being flooded with bookings from people all over the world who have no plans to visit. It's part of a creative social media campaign to funnel money to besieged Ukrainians as Russian forces bombard their country. cnn.it/3tuwJRT

I booked a flat in Ukraine through airbnb - I reached out to the host letting him know to use the money for himself, friends or family. I challenge you to help in anyway you can too. It’s a way to get money to local families. He responded 💛💙 #AIRBNB #Ukraine #CTV #cbcnews

‘I cry with happiness’: People are booking Airbnb rentals in Ukraine to funnel money to Ukrainians fortune.com/2022/03/04/air…

My husband and I have already booked multiple @Airbnb spots across, and the messages we've been able to exchange with those in Ukraine are absolutely heartbreaking and humbling. Also consider purchasing digital art from Ukrainian creators off platforms like @Etsy.

Yesterday I shared an idea to support Ukraine by booking rooms for rent on AirBNB. 24 hours later, 100's of people are booking AirBnBs in Ukraine as a way to send immediate monetary assistance to people in hard-hit areas. The messages in response from the hosts are so moving