
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Cryptocurrency-friendly online travel platform Travala.com has announced that it will enable travellers to book vacation rentals directly with hosts via an integration with web3 vacation rental platform Dtravel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany / Portugal: Munich-based hospitality technology provider and apartment operator, limehome, is continuing its European expansion course with a contract signing in Portugal.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA] has appointed Andy Fenner as its CEO.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Property operations and service platform, Breezeway, is expanding its reach into several markets worldwide, catering to even more short-term rental property managers and service providers across the globe.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: The Irish Government wants to find up to 20,000 holiday homes that can be allocated to housing refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, following suggestions that the current system in place is not sufficient to resolve the issue.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael / Europe: Israeli software-as-a-serviced [SaaS] startup Joyned has announced a commercial partnership with vacation rental company OYO Vacation Homes to roll out its group booking software across the latter’s brands in Europe.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Samana Group has launched a new business entity called ‘Samana Holidays’ that will allow homeowners and end users to rent out apartments on a short-term basis in Dubai.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Berlin-based cabin rental startup Raus has raised €3 million in a follow-up financing round.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Munich-based hospitality technology provider and apartment operator, limehome, has appointed Daniel Hermann as vice president expansion and Daniel Garner as vice president brand & product.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRz speaks to Opago co-founder and CEO, Maxime Leufroy-Murat, about the company’s rebranding from City Relay Solutions, how Opago is looking to scale up in the future, and the evolution of guests’ and clients’ expectations and needs.