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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: An Oxford study set fire to a debate between short-term rental and hotel lobbies around tourism and Hawaii’s housing crisis.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Casago acquired Vacasa’s Florida-Georgia coastal holdings in St. Augustine, Amelia Island and St. Simons Island.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSouth Africa: The City of Cape Town is proposing closing a tax loophole for short-term rentals which would see them taxed the same as other short-stay accommodations instead of as residences.
Reading Time: 2 minutesShort-term rental marketing firm BookingsCloud announced their Opportunity Score tool Wednesday. The tool is meant to identify marketing gaps and automatically run campaigns to increase bookings.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: At Marriott’s fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings call, CEO Anthony Capuano said that the company was set to leverage AI opportunities due to its scale and relationships.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s city council advanced bills that would implement regulations for short-term rentals, including licenses and zoning restrictions. The council moved to vote on one bill and send another to the city’s planning commission for report and recommendation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Minister for Tourism Peter Burke has decided to increase the limit for regulations on
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A Deloitte report has found critical gaps in available housing for 2028’s Olympic Games in Los Angeles, suggesting those could be assuaged by increasing short-term rental capacity.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vacation reservation website Booking.com announced at their Traveler Review Awards the eight US municipalities best for hospitality.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: RMS has made two c-suite changes, bringing Nathan Reynolds and Louise Lysaght onboard to revenue and customer experience roles.
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