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Urban Living Lite launches as festival postponed until July 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media [IHM], the publisher of ShortTermRentalz, has announced it will be postponing the inaugural Urban Living Festival until July next year, and is launching a series of Urban Living Lite online and offline events following a recent announcement from UK prime minister Boris Johnson. Urban Living Festival [ULF] is a new type of […]
RockSTRz webinar two review: Which business models will succeed post-Covid?
Reading Time: 6 minutesWorldwide: ShortTermRentalz’ hotly-anticipated RockSTRz webinar series continued last week with a timely discussion on “Which business models will succeed in a post-Covid world?”. Host Paul Stevens, editor of ShortTermRentalz, was joined for the second discussion of the series by Graham Donoghue, CEO of Sykes Holiday Cottages, Henrik Kjellberg, CEO of Awaze, Anna Skigin, CEO and co-founder of Frank Porter, […]
The role of metasearches during an economic downturn
Reading Time: 4 minutesSpain: Rentals United CEO James Burrows analyses how metasearches could become property managers’ best source of bookings during these uncertain times and why they are proving so popular right now with travellers, utilising exclusive insight from Holidu and HomeToGo. In the past few months, metasearches have been gaining popularity. Booking channels that aggregate listings from thousands […]
Airbnb aiming to raise $3 billion in IPO by December
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb is reportedly aiming to raise around $3 billion in its upcoming initial public offering [IPO], sources close to the matter told Reuters. In news that may generate further optimism for the unicorn company, Airbnb is on course to achieve a valuation of more than $30 billion as a result of the IPO according […]