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D. Alexander launches pioneering hospitality brand
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: D. Alexander has launched a hospitality brand to set a quality and consistency standard for short-term vacation rental homes. The hospitality firm and vertically integrated real estate fund already owns and operates a portfolio of single-family vacation homes, with the intention of managing them to the same standards that a boutique hotel would set […]
Reported holiday let loophole under fire in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: Scottish letting agents are reported to be using a loophole to bypass the country’s ‘indefinite’ rental contract length regulations, according to The Negotiator website. The law, which was brought in in 2016, has replaced ‘short-hold tenancies’ with ‘indefinite rental contracts’ as a way of giving tenants greater security and making it more difficult for […]
Priceline unveils Trip Builder booking platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Priceline has unveiled its latest “Trip Builder” booking platform and added more than two million listings of alternative accommodations to its site. The alternative accommodations include apartments and vacation rental homes, as well as more extravagant options such as boats and treehouses. Meanwhile, the Trip Builder platform will let Priceline users bundle the most […]
Airbnb partners with 23andMe to facilitate heritage travel trips
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb is teaming up with biotech firm 23andMe to recommend heritage travel destinations to its traveller community and the latter’s customers. Heritage travel is when travellers make long journeys, like pilgrimages, to uncover their family histories in their ancestors’ home cities, towns and countries. 23andMe comes in to the equation as it produces personalised […]
The best and worst U.S. cities for rental arbitrage revealed
Reading Time: 5 minutesUS: Vacation rental data provider AirDNA has assembled a list of the best and worst cities in the United States for rental arbitrage, i.e. renting a property on a long-term lease to rent as a short-term rental. Rental arbitrage is being recognised as the latest trend to engulf the vacation rental sector. For example, AirDNA […]