:
Booking.com launches Citybook app in London, Paris and Amsterdam
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew York: Digital travel platform Booking.com has announced the launch of a new companion app to its current services- Citybook. Designed to assist travellers once in their destination, providing curated recommendations, offers and discounts on food and activities, and providing helpful information for tourists to get accustomed to their surroundings. The app will also provide […]
Villas of Distinction reveal up and coming destinations for 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: World Travel Holdings’ luxury villa brand Villas of Distinction revealed earlier today its five major up and coming destinations of 2020. The data was gathered from bookings made for the year to come, with the most major increases in the following destinations: Grand Cayman, Sicily, St. Martin, Jamaica, and Orlando. The data revealed a […]
Short Term Rentalz · STRz podcast 16: Vince Perez, Stays Group
Reading Time: < 1 minuteShort Term Rentalz · STRz podcast 16: Vince Perez, Stays Group
Former Brighton Holiday Homes directors declared bankrupt
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The former director of the now-defunct Brighton Holiday Homes Ltd, Neil Stonehill, has reportedly been declared bankrupt, according to The Argus. Brighton Holiday Homes Ltd ceased trading on 28 May 2019 after a note was left on the window of its Brighton office telling customers that their holiday rental bookings would no longer be […]
City Relay hires Jack de Montaignac as COO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: Property management company City Relay has formally announced the appointment of Jack de Montaignac as its chief operating officer [COO]. De Montaignac joined City Relay at the beginning of January to help scale operations and ensure business expansion plans are effectively delivered. He is the latest senior hire at City Relay, and his appointment […]
Airbnb signs first automatic tax collection partnership in Lithuania
Reading Time: 2 minutesLithuania: In the first of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, Airbnb has signed its first partnership to collect tourist taxes in Vilnius in Lithuania. As of 1 February, Airbnb will automatically collect tourism levies due per night and per person when travellers book stays in the Lithuanian capital, before transfering it directly to […]