Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb is expanding its rent-to-rent model into the UK with immediate effect, via a partnership with real estate developer and manager, Greystar.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Fresh restrictions are set to come into effect in Malaga at the start of December which will prevent the registration of new holiday rentals in saturated areas of the city.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Belgium: Lighthouse, a commercial intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industry, has announced that it has closed a $370 million growth investment [Series C funding] round.
Reading Time: 6 minutesEurope / Spain: Short-term rental groups and booking platforms across Europe have urged the city of Barcelona to reconsider its crackdown on the sector’s activities, five months after Socialist mayor Jaume Collboni pledged to ban all tourist rentals by late 2028.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: API-first open property management platform Apaleo has announced that it has raised €20 million in a growth equity investment [Series B funding] round.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental property management platform Hostfully has released its eight annual hospitality report, providing actionable data for hosts and property managers of all portfolio sizes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Airbnb’s Irish unit has allocated €950 million [$1.002 billion / £794 million] to complying with tax investigations in the countries in which the company and its subsidiaries operate.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDubai: STRz speaks to PriceLabs’ Athul Mohan at Urban Living MEA 2024 about revenue management challenges in the Dubai market, ‘shoulder season’ in terms of seasonality, and his overall impressions of the event.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Madrid City Council has unveiled plans to restrict short-term holiday rentals in its historic centre, as part of a Special Plan for the Protection of the Residential Area – or Plan Reside.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday home co-ownership platform August has announced the launch of its Prime Collection.
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