AirBnB picks Ireland for European headquarters

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Fast-growing online holiday-rental service AirBnB is to set up its European headquarters in Ireland, joining other U.S. technology companies Google and Apple, which take advantage of the country's low corporate tax rate. Europe is the largest market for AirBnB's web site, which lists anything from furnished homes to spare couches, some for hundreds of dollars a night. Chief executive Brian Chesky said in a blog post that the company would set up its European headquarters in Dublin because it was an emerging technology hub and had a tradition of hospitality. ...



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