Luxury Cottages secures £500k investment to drive growth

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Keele-based premium online travel agency Luxury Cottages has secured £500,000 in investment to drive future growth.
TrustedStays goes live on GDS with Canary Wharf Group

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: TrustedStays, an industry booking platform for professional short-term rentals, has launched on the Global Distribution System [GDS], with Canary Wharf Group’s build-to-rent Vertus developments among its first properties.
Enso Connect integrates GPT-4 to simplify STR operations

Reading Time: 3 minutesCanada: Enso Connect, a guest experience platform for hospitality professionals, has announced its integration with GPT-4, the state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI.
Pikl partners with Prestige Underwriting for specialist cover

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Sharing economy insurance specialist Pikl has partnered with Prestige Underwriting, a specialist MGA [managing general agent] in niche and non-standard insurance solutions.
Wednesday 28 June [5pm BST]: Thriving in Short-Term Booking Windows

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHosted by STRz editor Paul Stevens [Sponsored by Whimstay] As last-minute bookings have become an increasingly important component of revenue generation, this webinar, sponsored by Whimstay, will explore which demographics are booking last minute, the need to target the “right” guest/s, the role of pricing, discounts and incentives in booking last-minute trips, and much more. […]