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BookingPal partners with Ski.com to bolster resort properties
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Cloud-based travel technology company BookingPal has announced a partnership with Aspen-based ski resort vacation planning firm Ski.com. Founded in 1971, Ski.com will leverage BookingPal’s channel API to enlist new property management companies to join its growing inventory, and slope-seeking travellers will be able to choose from thousands of new ski resort properties for their […]
Fairbnb.coop secures €1m for development and growth
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Ethical holiday rental site Fairbnb.coop has announced that it has raised €1 million in a year-long fundraising campaign set up to accelerate the development and growth of the platform, and build “the future of community-powered tourism”. The campaign, which concluded after the General Assembly of the Fair Bnb Network cooperative, was supported by: Fondo […]
Sportihome closes €2m funding round
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Montpellier-based sports tourism startup Sportihome, which wants to become the go-to platform for sporting holidays in France, has closed a €2 million investment round. The round was led by alternative investment fund Accurafy 4 [which specialises in scaling up digital startups], Nathalie Simon [ TV presenter and former windsurfing champion], la Banque des Territoires […]
Rent Responsibly and College of Charleston launch rental survey
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Short-term rental advocacy organisation Rent Responsibly and the College of Charleston have teamed up to launch the State of the STR Community Survey, the second phase of a first-of-its-kind nationwide study exploring the perspectives of short-term and vacation rental operators and local government staff on municipal management and regulation of short-term rentals. Short-term rental [STR] […]