
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Customer experience technology platform Alliants and SaaS solution Hospiria have partnered to launch a flexible rental platform called 1 LiVNG, which is focused on transforming the residential real estate market.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Pamplona, the capital of Navarre province in northern Spain, is following the lead of other cities across Spain by refusing to grant new licences for tourist apartments in its old town.

Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: Online travel agency Tripadvisor is transitioning its vacation rental strategy to a new business model that leverages third-party providers, although it denied that it was shutting down its rental offering altogether.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Full-service real estate investing platform Doorvest has acquired proptech competitor Getaway.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has strengthened its partnership with anti-trafficking organisation Polaris by announcing that their Global Modern Slavery Directory will now be available in an additional six languages – Arabic, Russian, Malay, Hindi, Tagalog and Ukrainian.

Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: A surge of “have-a-go hoteliers” cashing in on the Olympics led to a 24 per cent drop in per-property revenue in Paris’ vacation rental market this summer compared to 2023, according to research by eviivo and Key Data.

Reading Time: 2 minutesDenmark: All-in-one short-term rental management platform Your.Rentals has announced that it has raised €1.7 million from existing shareholders to expand its market reach.

Reading Time: 2 minutesHungary: Residents in Terézváros, the District VI of Budapest, are set to vote soon in a referendum which proposes to ban Airbnb from listing properties for short-term rental in the neighbourhood.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Teeside-based short-term rental property management company Host & Stay has received £10.5 million in investment from consumer-specialist investment firm Growth Partner.

Reading Time: 3 minutesItaly: The Court of Florence [Il Tribunale di Firenze] has ruled that the city cannot prohibit property owners from renting out their unit or apartment in two flats near the railway station, rejecting arguments put forward by local residents.