
Reading Time: 2 minutesTurkey / Croatia: Turkish short- and medium-term rental property management company, Missafir, has announced that it has acquired Croatian competitor Golden Leaf Properties.

Reading Time: 4 minutesWorldwide: Philip Pickard and Nick Smuts, co-founders of wi-fi verification platform Speedy, detail how reliable wi-fi monitoring and publishing is set to be a “game changer” for short-term rental property management businesses in 2023 as more people opt for remote or hybrid working lifestyles.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance / Switzerland: Travel boutique investment bank Cambon Partners and consulting firm AJL Atelier have formed an official partnership to offer a combined service to companies looking to buy, sell or fundraise.

Reading Time: 3 minutesIsrael: Tel Aviv-based guest experience platform Duve has announced that it is planning to release its latest innovation for guest experience management, DuveAI.

Reading Time: 6 minutesUK: The anticipation for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool – the first to be held in the UK since 1998 – is driving up unprecedented levels of short-term accommodation demand and could generate long-term benefits for the city.

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Data provider AirDNA’s latest report on the European short-term rental market reveals strong growth in demand and changing trends in seasonality.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor episode 44 of the STRz podcast, Felicity Cousins, assistant editor of Serviced Apartment News, talks to Ricky Bichel, head of international expansion at hospitality technology provider and apartment operator, limehome.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has pledged to bring forward restrictions for short-term lets across the UK as part of the government’s flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: French home exchange platform HomeExchange has made its second acquisition in the space of a matter of weeks with the purchase of home-sharing network My weekend for you, based in Southeastern France.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation hospitality company Sonder is expanding its business travel segment to include group bookings.