
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Peerspace, a marketplace for hourly venue rentals for meetings, productions and events, has announced that it has hired Kevin Yuann as its new CEO.

Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: Matt Landau, founder of VRMB, shares his thoughts on the gap between “new / young short-term rental energy” and “established / legacy players”, and how operators must move out of their comfort zones to reinvent themselves.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: HM Revenue & Customs [HMRC] has launched a renewed crackdown on holiday lets investment after it was revealed that the tax authority had opened almost 2,000 investigations into landlords letting out their properties via short-term rental platforms over the last tax year.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Urban Rest secured the first-ever ‘Best flex rental operator’ award at the ninth annual Serviced Apartment Awards, as 19 winners were crowned at the black tie ceremony last night at Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge.

Reading Time: 3 minutesGermany: SaaS-enabled vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo has announced new updates on its product vision to build a “fully AI-powered marketplace”.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has partnered with ChargePoint, a provider of networked charging solutions for electric vehicles [EVs], to meet a growing demand for EV charging from guests at Airbnb listings in the United States.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A new £35 million LEGOLAND® Woodland Village development is set for its official opening to guests on Friday 24 May at LEGOLAND Windsor.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Full-building residential hospitality operator Sentral has announced an expansion of its portfolio into two new markets with management contracts at The Sutton in Portland, Oregon and Otonomus Hotel in Las Vegas.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Toivo Halvorsen, CEO of Losjitech and Dharma Hospitality Solutions, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Short Stay Summit at Old Billingsgate in London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has announced that it is removing individual tours and Experiences from its platform, just weeks after unveiling ‘Icons’, a new category of experiences hosted by stars from across music, sport, film and more.