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Airbnb plans to pause hirings and marketing to save $800m a year

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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb is preparing to pause its entire marketing expenditure for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a move that would reportedly share the home-sharing platform a sum of $800 million a year. As the company’s losses continue to soar, Airbnb is having to find alternative ways to plug the financial gaps at a […]

BVA BDRC releases holiday trends coronavirus impact report

holiday trends

Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: After publishing its 2020 Holiday Trends report in January, international consumer insight consultancy BVA BDRC has released its interim coronavirus impact update. The BVA BDRC Holiday Report 2020 is based upon up-to-date primary research among a nationally representative sample of 1000 UK adults. The sample is representative of the UK population according to age, […]

Rentals United publishes property management system industry research

Rentals United

Reading Time: 2 minutesBarcelona: Channel manager Rentals United has published The Who’s Who of Property Management Systems, a guide to choosing the best property management system [PMS] to help scale vacation rental business. According to the European Vacation Rental Survey, a report conducted by the data analytics company Transparent, 59 per cent of property managers use a PMS and 67 […]

Shortyz 2020 winner interviews: Na’im Anis Payman, Zeevou

Zeevou

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: ShortTermRentalz speaks to Zeevou chief revolutionary officer Na’im Anis Payman after his company won the Best channel manager award at the inaugural Shortyz 2020 Awards aboard Bateaux London. For more information, visit the Shortyz 2020 event website here. Visit the Zeevou website here.

Shortyz 2020 winner interviews: Travlet and Nestor Stay

Travlet

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: ShortTermRentalz speaks to Travlet CEO James Harrabin and Nestor Stay founder Fran Milsom after the two companies jointly won the Best sales and marketing campaign award at the inaugural Shortyz Awards aboard Bateaux London. For more information, visit the Shortyz 2020 event website here. Visit the Travlet website here and the Nestor Stay website […]

Cervus’ Chris Mumford: Leading through crisis, inspiration from Churchill

Churchill

Reading Time: 5 minutesWorldwide: Cervus Leadership Consulting founder Chris Mumford explores how businesses can take inspiration from the leadership of the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to guide them through times of crisis such as these. In times of trouble people instinctively look to their elders to guide them, to console them, and to offer hope. A child […]