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Protest held outside London Airbnb office over West Bank property de-listings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: A demonstration has been held outside the London office of Airbnb, in protest at its decision to remove listed properties in West Bank settlements. Last week, the company said it would no longer host around 200 rental properties in the West Bank after a human rights report criticised Airbnb for “facilitating” the occupation by […]
Long Beach city council to consider tighter regulations on short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUSA: Officials in the city of Long Beach want tighter regulations for short-term rentals which would cap the number of nights a guest can stay in a residence without its host. The city currently operates under a policy whereby short-term rentals are unofficially banned, however Long Beach’s development services department would like that to change […]
PointCentral launches HVAC intelligent analytics service for rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: PointCentral has launched an HVAC (heating ventilation and air conditioning) monitoring service that will use intelligent ‘machine learning’ analytics. An industry leader in enterprise-scale property automation solutions for short and long-term vacation rental markets, PointCentral’s parent company, Alarm.com, developed the system to reduce maintenance costs and improve the lifespan of HVAC services in homes […]