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Sonder to take over four properties in Philadelphia
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental operator Sonder is to take over four Philadelphia properties that are being converted into apartments, with plans to offer furnished rooms to short-stay accommodation seeking travellers. Sonder says it will take under lease an historic Witherspoon Building office property, a former Frank P. Heid & Co. hat factory, and two smaller buildings in Old […]
Prague gallery transforms into social experiment flat
Reading Time: 2 minutesCzech Republic: Prague Galerie NoD has opened a unique exhibit flat and—social experiment — this week, which will be available for the public to rent on Airbnb. On Tuesday 5th March, the art gallery was transformed into a fully operational private flat furnished by the RAFANI artist collective, and it will be available for rent […]
Apartment startup Blueground raises $20m in funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Blueground, a startup which provides turnkey flexible rental apartments, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Athens-based VentureFriends. The round was also led with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Dubai’s Jabbar Internet Group and entrepreneur Kevin Ryan. Ryan, who previously founded MongoDB, Gilt Groupe and Zola, will now join Blueground’s board of directors. At a time when remote work and business […]
HDRsoft releases Photomatix Real Estate Camera app
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: HDRsoft has launched its Photomatix Real Estate Camera iPhone app which aims to provide solutions to technical challenges in real estate photography. As a result, both do-it-yourself real estate agents and vacation rental property owners with iPhones will be able to use the app to produce the best possible photographs to promote their properties. […]