
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Expedia Group has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp., bringing together their respective loyalty programmes to offer Bing users additional rewards on bookings powered by Expedia.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The 2024 ShortTermRentalz Summit is approaching on Tuesday 5 November is building for a diverse agenda filled with a range of session formats and a host of new and recognisable thought leaders from the global short-term rental industry and beyond.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Teeside-based short-term rental property management company Host & Stay has strengthened its UK portfolio with the acquisitions of Guest Homes and Hartland Property Management.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCzechia / Germany: German motorhome rental platform FreewayCamper has announced that it has raised €4 million in an investment round in two tranches.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A joint study by the University of Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania has identified a perceived correlation between rising numbers of short-term rental listings on Airbnb and higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies in London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesPortugal: The Portuguese Government has introduced a new decree-law that will revoke some of the short-term rental restrictions brought in by the previous Socialist government’s ‘Mais Habitação’ [More Housing] programme.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: B Corp-certified, holiday cottage rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages has introduced new flexible cancellation terms for holidaymakers which will allow them to cancel up until the day before their booking begins.

Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Spain’s central government has issued a royal decree that will establish a single national register for short-term rental properties.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: John Stokinger, director of sales at Direct and co-host of the no BS short-term rental podcast, speaks to STRz editor Paul Stevens at the 2024 VRMA International Conference in Phoenix

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Eco-friendly booking platform GreenGo has announced that it has raised €3 million in funding.