Airbnb soared 115% at the open in its trading debut on Thursday, giving the home sharing service a market valuation of more than $US100 billion.

That makes Airbnb more valuable than the seven largest US hotel chains combined, including Marriot, Hilton, and Hyatt. Marriot International is worth $US41 billion, Hilton Worldwide is worth $US29 billion, and Hyatt is worth $US7 billion.

Smaller hotel names Choice Hotels, Wyndham Hotels and Wyndham Destinations are each worth $US5 billion. Extended Stay is worth just under $US3 billion.

Airbnb priced its IPO at $US68 per share, raising $US3.5 billion in proceeds at a valuation of $US47 billion. That’s in stark contrast to the company’s last fundraising round as a private company in April, when the firm raised $US1 billion at a valuation of $US18 billion.

The company was valued as high as $US31 billion in a 2017 private funding round. The steep cut to Airbnb’s valuation in April came amid a global pandemic that temporarily sidelined much of its business as stay-at-home orders swept across the country.

But the company bounced back quickly as travellers wanted little interaction with people during their travels and flocked to private residences on Airbnb over hotel stays that required interactions with workers and other tourists.

The IPO frenzy of 2020 hasn’t been limited to just Airbnb. On Wednesday, DoorDash and C3.ai posted substantial gains of 86% and 174% respectively. And in September, Snowflake completed the largest software technology IPO in history and has been on a tear since its debut.

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