Moving Mountains confirms Paragon Lodging purchase

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Steamboat Springs-based vacation rental management company Moving Mountains is expanding into Colorado after acquiring Breckenridge-based agency Paragon Lodging for an undisclosed fee. The purchase adds 70 vacation homes to Moving Mountains’ 120 property-strong portfolio, which includes homes and residences in Steamboat Springs, Vail and Beaver Creek. All Paragon staff members will be retained by […]
Rented and Key Data expand strategic partnership

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Short-term rental data and analytics provider, Key Data, has announced an expanded partnership with revenue management service and software provider, Rented. The expansion will provide Rented with access to Key Data’s comprehensive dataset to enhance the offerings available to mutual and new vacation rental management clients. Jason Sprenkle, CEO of Key Data, said: “Like all well-run brands, […]
Short Stay Summit 2021: Richard Bridger, Hospiria

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hospiria COO Richard Bridger speaks to Short Stay Summit about the launch of the platform during the pandemic, why it is so crucial to champion the smaller premium short-term rental players in the industry, and why he is so excited about the upcoming Short Stay Summit. ShortTermRentalz is the media partner for the 2021 […]
PriceLabs releases pricing API for dynamic pricing solution

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Revenue management solution PriceLabs has announced the public release of its Open API that will allow property management systems [PMS] and channel managers [CM] to provide their users with PriceLabs’ pricing technology. A number of PMSs [Hospiria, SuperHote, SIBO, and Syncbnb] have already successfully integrated their platforms and eight other PMSs are actively working towards […]
Camptoo acquires sharing economy platform Out2Camp

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands / Scandinavia: Motorhome and campervan rental marketplace, Camptoo, has announced that it has acquired Nordic sharing platform Out2Camp. Camptoo, which was founded in 2014 in the Netherlands, connects the owners and renters of campervans, motorhomes and touring campervans. Ranked the fastest growing travel company in 2020 [FT1000], Camptoo users have booked over 500,000 days […]
LBnB launches in Lebanon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLebanon: Homestay and holiday rental marketplace, LBnB, a Lebanese alternative to Airbnb, has launched. The platform has been launched by hospitality designer and architect, Nagi El Husseini, to boost the country’s hard-hit hospitality sector. It charges in Lebanese pounds, a move prompted by the implementation of a cap on foreign-currency deposits in Lebanon in 2019, […]
Autohost launches guest screening platform

Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Guest-screening and verification provider, Autohost, has announced the launch of Autohost Starter Edition, its new pay-as-you-go platform designed to make guest screening affordable and accessible for single-property hosts and boutique property management companies. Until now, the short-term rental industry has been built to accommodate property managers with larger portfolios, according to Autohost. For that reason, technology […]