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pandemics and health concerns, restrictions on travel, immigration, |
trade disputes, economic downturns, and the impact of climate change on |
travel including the availability of preferred destinations and the |
increase in the frequency and severity of weather-related events, |
including fires, floods, droughts, extreme temperatures and ambient |
temperature increases, severe weather and other natural disasters, and |
the impact of other climate change on seasonal destinations; |
•political, social, or economic instability; |
•Hosts failing to meet guests'expectations, including increased |
expectations for cleanliness in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; |
•increased competition and use of our competitors'platforms and |
services; |
•Hosts failing to provide differentiated, high-quality, and an adequate |
supply of stays or experiences at competitive prices; |
•guests not receiving timely and adequate community support from us; |
•our failure to provide new or enhanced offerings, tiers, or features |
that guests value; |
•declines or inefficiencies in our marketing efforts; |
•negative associations with, or reduced awareness of, our brand; |
•actual or perceived discrimination by Hosts in deciding whether to |
accept a requested reservation; |
•negative perceptions of the trust and safety on our platform; and |
•macroeconomic and other conditions outside of our control affecting |
travel and hospitality industries generally. |
In addition, if our platform is not easy to navigate, guests have an |
unsatisfactory sign-up, search, booking, or payment experience on our |
platform, the listings and other content provided on our platform is not |
displayed effectively to guests, we are not effective in engaging guests |
across our various offerings and tiers, or we fail to provide an |
experience in a manner that meets rapidly changing demand, we could fail |
to convert first-time guests and fail to engage with existing guests, |
which would materially adversely affect our business, results of |
operations, and financial condition. |
*Any decline or disruption in the travel and hospitality industries or |
economic downturn could materially adversely affect our business, |
results of operations, and financial condition.* |
Our financial performance is dependent on the strength of the travel and |
hospitality industries. The outbreak of COVID-19 and emergence of its |
variants caused many governments to implement quarantines and |
significant restrictions on travel or to advise that people remain at |
home where possible and avoid crowds, which has had a particularly |
negative impact on cross-border travel. Other events beyond our control, |
such as unusual or extreme weather or natural disasters, such as |
earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, tsunamis, floods, severe weather, |
droughts, extreme temperatures and ambient temperature increases, and |
volcanic eruptions, the frequency and severity of which may be |
increasingly impacted by climate change in future years (although it is |
currently impossible to predict with accuracy the scale of such |
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impact), and travel-related health concerns including pandemics and |
epidemics such as Ebola, Zika, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, |
restrictions related to travel including COVID-19 related vaccination |
requirements, trade or immigration policies, wars, such as the ongoing |
military action between Russia and Ukraine, terrorist attacks, sources |
of political uncertainty, political unrest, protests, violence in |
connection with political or social events, foreign policy changes, |
regional hostilities, flight capacity restrictions, immigration |
restrictions (including backlogs on passport renewals or limitations on |
visa grants), imposition of taxes or surcharges by regulatory |
authorities, changes in regulations, policies, or conditions related to |
sustainability, including climate change and climate-related migration, |
work stoppages, labor unrest, or travel-related accidents can disrupt |
travel globally or otherwise result in declines in travel demand. |
Because many of these events or concerns, and the full impact of their |
effects, are largely unpredictable, they can dramatically and suddenly |
affect travel behavior by consumers, and therefore demand for our |
platform and services, which could materially adversely affect our |
business, results of operations, and financial condition. In addition, |
increasing awareness of the impact of air travel on climate change and |
the impact of over-tourism may adversely impact the travel and |
hospitality industries and demand for our platform and services, whether |
due to the imposition of policies and regulations or changing societal |
attitudes towards travel. |
Additionally, the impact of macroeconomic conditions, including adverse |
economic conditions, are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. Our |
financial performance is subject to global economic conditions and their |
impact on levels of discretionary consumer spending. Some of the factors |
that have an impact on discretionary consumer spending include general |
economic conditions, worldwide or regional recession, unemployment, |
consumer debt, reductions in net worth, fluctuations in exchange rates, |
inflation, residential real estate and mortgage markets, taxation, |
energy prices, interest rates, consumer confidence, tariffs, and other |
macroeconomic factors. Additional adverse macroeconomic conditions, |
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