Irish government targets 20k holiday homes for Ukrainian refugees

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: The Irish Government wants to find up to 20,000 holiday homes that can be allocated to housing refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, following suggestions that the current system in place is not sufficient to resolve the issue.
Joyned and OYO announce commercial partnership in Europe

Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael / Europe: Israeli software-as-a-serviced [SaaS] startup Joyned has announced a commercial partnership with vacation rental company OYO Vacation Homes to roll out its group booking software across the latter’s brands in Europe.
Samana Group launches rental business in time for FIFA World Cup

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Samana Group has launched a new business entity called ‘Samana Holidays’ that will allow homeowners and end users to rent out apartments on a short-term basis in Dubai.