Reading Time: 3 minutesAustralia / New Zealand: The Australia and New Zealand Short Term Rental Association [ASTRA] announced the election of three leaders onto its board at its annual general meeting last week, joining current and re-elected directors.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: STRz editor Paul Stevens explains the situation about the potential holiday rental ban in Barcelona, exploring both sides of the debate, and addressing what might come next for the city.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: ‘Digital nomads’ planning to work from sun-drenched paradises this summer have been warned to “plan ahead” to ensure good wifi for their working holidays, after a study revealed that a majority of travellers have struggled with slow connection speeds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Florida governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a measure designed to further regulate vacation rentals in the state, as he admitted that the proposal would have created “bureaucratic red tape” for local elected officials.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Jennifer Hsieh, VP of Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Directo, a Chrome extension that helps travellers find the best commission-free accommodation deals for short-term rentals and hotels, has emerged from stealth mode and announced a $1 million pre-seed round fundraise.
Reading Time: 4 minutesScotland: MSPs in Holyrood have announced a number of technical updates to the short-term lets licensing scheme that was introduced in 2022, sparking relief for holiday let owners in Scotland.
Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: The holiday let industry is setting out to expose the “rampant hypocrisy” at the heart of attacks on the sector as new research reveals that empty homes outnumber holiday lets in the majority of UK local authorities.
Reading Time: 3 minutes[SPONSORED CONTENT] Dynamic pricing and revenue management solution provider, PriceLabs, explains how property managers can use the company’s new Revenue Estimator Pro product to ensure effortless revenue estimation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Marnie Wilking, chief information security officer at Booking.com, has issued a warning about the role that artificial intelligence [AI] is playing in the significant rise in travel scams over the last 18 months.
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