Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: David Holyoke, the head of commercial strategy at Airbnb, is leaving the company to join travel management and expense technology company, Serko, as head of unmanaged travel.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Begum Agca Okutgen, head of Partner Network at Blueground, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBelgium: Otamiser, which claims to be the world’s first online travel agency [OTA] ranking management platform, has raised $3 million USD [€2.8 million / £2.36 million] in its first funding round.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: b0arding.com, which describes itself as a next-generation hotel and vacation rental booking platform in the United States, has announced that it has officially launched.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: HomeExchange Collection, the luxury branch of French home exchange platform HomeExchange, has announced a partnership with luxury concierge service Quintessentially to provide exclusive member benefits.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSpain: Barcelona is set to introduce a ban on all short-term rentals for tourists in the city by late 2028, according to mayor Jaume Collboni of the leftist Socialists’ Party of Catalonia.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: After four years of delivering in-person events around the globe, the SCALE team has announced the launch of The SCALE Community, a ‘free-to-join’ online and on-demand platform that will bring the best of the SCALE Show direct to short-term rental professionals.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Dubai-based tech-driven hospitality brand and rental investment property management platform, Qstay, has raised $4.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round.
Reading Time: 4 minutes[SPONSORED CONTENT] Track – a TravelNet Solution, a hospitality software solution that modernises and simplifies all aspects of property management operations, discusses the current market correction phase in the STR market and the ways in which property managers and owners can respond to it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Global adventure tour operator Intrepid Travel has hired French hotel veteran Celine Hurelle to lead its expansion into accommodation and hotels.
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