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Tipi teams up with John Lewis to create ‘rental zen’ homes
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lifestyle-led rental homes brand Tipi is opening a building in London’s Wembley Park, which it hopes will lead the way in achieving ‘rental zen’ due to the interior furnishings of the apartments. The company, which markets itself as an all-inclusive professional rental service, is a ‘Build to Rent’ or Private Rental Sector (PRS) management […]
Locale to expand property footprint in Texas
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Aparthotel firm Locale is expanding its footprint in Texas with newly signed leases across five luxury residential buildings in Dallas and Fort Worth. The Dallas and Fort Worth units are scheduled to be available in early September. The addition of two new markets will take the number of units the Austin-based startup operates to […]
Storage startup LuggageHero acquires competitor Knock Knock City
Reading Time: 2 minutesDenmark: As short-term luggage storage startups like Stasher continue to make moves in the market, one firm, LuggageHero, has bought a competitor in the form of Knock Knock City. As agreed within the terms of the deal, the Copenhagen-based firm, which was launched in 2016, has agreed to purchase the entirety of Knock Knock City’s […]
HomeAway launches virtual tours product offering in Bali
Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Vacation rental marketplace HomeAway has launched a virtual tours offering in Bali, making the Indonesian island the first Asia-Pacific market to offer such tours and the second worldwide after the United States. The newly-launched proprietary product provides virtual tours of vacation rentals listed on HomeAway’s platform, enabling travellers to view properties from all angles […]
Cozystay announces plans to open Ontario co-living space
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Vancouver-based vacation rental firm Cozystay has announced plans to open a shared living and co-working space for business travellers in Kitchener-Waterloo in Ontario. Cozystay, which launched in 2015 as an online marketplace for clients to book vacation rentals and hotel rooms, has ramped up its expansion across Canada recently by taking over entire properties […]
TravelNest hires Cameron Boal as VP marketing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotland: Edinburgh-based short-term lets startup TravelNest has appointed Cameron Boal as its latest vice president (VP) of marketing. Boal previously held the position of SVP marketing at online fantasy sports firm FanDuel from 2010 until last year. Following that, he was the CMO at New York-based e-Sports startup company, Players’ Lounge. In the new role, […]