Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Three months after TravelAI acquired the Casai.com domain, the re-launched brand has surpassed more than 2500 bookings from “hundreds of thousands” of visitors, according to the company.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Short-term rental property management software company Avantio has made two key hires for its next stage of growth in human-focused technology.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Bigfoot, a new AI-powered tech startup, created by Airbnb alumni, has launched to transform how we discover new experiences in cities.
Reading Time: 5 minutesUS / South Africa: Gareth Rhodes, co-founder of Alertify, speaks to STRz about the company’s new WelcomeLink product, streamlining compliance with state regulations, and his reaction to Airbnb’s pledges to verify more listings worldwide and its global ban on the use of indoor security cameras at its listings.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Following the results of last week’s UK General Election, new Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ announcement of new measures to accelerate housebuilding in the UK has been welcomed by the holiday let sector, which has been calling for some time for governments to tackle the real factors affecting the housing market.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFinland: Helsinki-based pest control startup Valpas has announced that it recently raised €4 million in a seed funding round to scale its solution in Europe.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has hired Jim Alderman, the former CEO of Radisson Hotel Group Americas and chief development officer at Extended Stay America and Kimpton Hotels, as its head of residential development on its real estate team.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: As the summer vacation rental season reaches its peak, data provider Key Data and Greek rental management association STAMA have offered a comprehensive look at the performance of Greece’s vacation rental market.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The Labour Party has secured a landslide victory and majority in the UK General Election, winning more than 326 of the 650 seats needed to gain a majority in the UK Parliament.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Spanish government is pursuing a national crackdown on short-term rental listings amid backlash from local citizens across the country who feel like they are being priced out of the housing market and calls for further regulation by regional governments.
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