Airbnb Deepens Its Support for Elite Athletes, Olympians, and Hopefuls 04/19/21 As part of its Worldwide Olympic Partnership that was first announced in November of 2019, Airbnb today launches the Airbnb Athlete Travel Grant, supported by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This new program will offer up to 500 athletes a year $2,000 USD in Airbnb promotional credit to use for training, qualification, and other travel accommodations for the next eight years, totaling $8 million in direct support across the life of the partnership. Airbnb has a long track record of economically empowering communities. Even through difficult times like the global pandemic, Airbnb represented an important source of income for thousands of everyday Hosts, including Hosts who only began sharing their space after the pandemic began and have already earned over $1 billion. In the same way Hosts are at the heart of Airbnb, athletes are at the core of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement. In an effort to recognize that many athletes have also felt the impact of the global pandemic, this program will expand on Airbnb’s current support of athletes’ travel and accommodation needs leading up to and around the Games.