Booking.com ends sustainability programme due to ACM pressure

Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: Booking.com has announced in a statement that it is ending its Travel Sustainable programme and that it will replace it with the option to filter for properties with a third-party certification.
Smartrenting to cease property management service

Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Paris-based travel tech startup Smartrenting has announced that it is ceasing its property management service.
Smiling House partners with Swiss Tourism for green initiative

Reading Time: 2 minutesSwitzerland: Smiling House Luxury, an online travel agency for luxury vacation rentals, has announced its participation in the Swisstainability programme, an initiative launched by Swiss Tourism to promote sustainable tourism practices.
Minut launches Call Assist service to end disturbances

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Privacy-safe monitoring provider Minut has launched a new service called Call Assist, where its own team call short-term rental guests when noise issues are detected.