Day: 11 December 2025

Stayterra announces leadership appointments

Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Vacation rental management platform Stayterra has announced changes to its leadership team. Michael Toscano was appointed chief financial officer. He joined the business with more than 25 years of finance and strategic planning experience in the travel, hospitality and consumer services sectors. Toscano previously served as CFO of dancker and earlier spent eight years […]

Villa Tracker surpasses 1,000 travel companies

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSwitzerland: Villa Tracker, the B2B luxury accommodation platform created by Smiling House Group, has surpassed 1,000 travel companies. The company said the milestone reflected increasing demand from travel designers, concierges and luxury agencies for a single verified source of premium villas and chalets. The platform officially launched in early 2024 and now provides access to […]

Limehome receives €75 million backing for Europe expansion

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Tech-enabled operator Limehome reported that it signed more than 3,500 units across Europe in 2025 and secured a €75 million strategic investment from Cheyne Strategic Value Credit to support expansion in 2026. The company said its total portfolio surpassed 12,500 units live and under contract across 154 cities in 13 countries. Growth during the year […]

New Hospitable data reveals causes of booking losses

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: New data from property management software company Hospitable has highlighted the extent to which staffing shortages continued to affect short-term rental property managers in 2025, with more than a third of hosts and managers reporting lost bookings or negative reviews as a result. The research, drawn from an upcoming Hospitable report, showed that 34.3 […]

Guesty launches industry-specific payments suite with AI fraud detection

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Guesty has launched Guesty Pay Suite, an integrated payments system. The suite combines embedded payment processing with AI and machine learning tools to reduce chargebacks and protect operators from revenue loss linked to refunds, cancellations, and fraudulent transactions. During a 12-month pilot involving US customers representing more than 30,000 properties, Guesty reported that chargebacks […]