Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Prominent early-stage venture capital firms Thayer Ventures and Derive Ventures have combined to form a new platform called Thayer Investment Partners [TIP].
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has quietly reopened the application process for hosts to submit their ‘Experiences’ listings to the platform, a year and half after pausing new Experiences submissions and removing an estimated 5,000 individual tours and Experiences listings.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHungary: Residents in Terézváros, the District VI of Budapest, have narrowly voted to ban short-term rentals in the district in a referendum.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: KEY.co, a platform for curated luxury vacation rental homes with personalised in-home services and local experiences, has announced its acquisition of brand activation and product integration platform, Experientials.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Expedia Group has announced the UK launch of One Key, its flexible loyalty programme which launched in the United States last year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael / US: Property management software platform Guesty has announced the launch of two additional AI features: Guesty’s AI Assistant website builder and ReviewSmart AI.
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: A legal opinion by James Findlay KC has forced City of Edinburgh Council to reverse its policy on issuing three-month suspension notices to short-term let [STL] operators who had applied for a licence and were unable to demonstrate that they had applied for planning permission.
Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: The regulation of short-term lets was the subject of a Westminster Hall debate on Thursday [12 September], ahead of the introduction of either a potential statutory registration or licensing scheme, and a bill on the licensing of short-term lets in parliament.
Reading Time: 4 minutes[SPONSORED] Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy discusses what it means to raise the bar in vacation rental quality, how it is enhancing personalised searches through its new AI-powered search tool, and what it offers to professional home management companies.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Expedia Group has announced that former CEO Peter Kern is stepping down from his role as vice chairman and has left the group’s board with immediate effect.
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