Why I'm Still Rooting for Airbnb | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima

Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky has gone full Willy Wonka. I was watching him at a live press event, describing the company’s over-the-top new “Icon” experiences. This program includes a full-scale replica of the colorful house from the Pixar film “Up,” which his team lifted over the New Mexico desert with an enormous crane. Chesky explained that regular houses can’t be lifted like that, so a special team of structural engineers had been hired to make sure the replica wouldn’t break …