
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: More than 1,300 industry thought leaders and innovators convened at Old Billingsgate in London last week for the latest edition of the Short Stay Summit Europe, which is organised annually and powered by the UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA] and the European Holiday Home Association [EHHA].

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRz speaks to Phil Kennard, founder, Futurestay at the 2024 Shortyz Awards.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRz speaks to Cynthia Huang, CEO of Dtravel, at the 2024 Shortyz Awards.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRz speaks to Charlie Gibbons, sales manager EMEA, Beyond, at the 2024 Shortyz Awards.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Madrid City Council has announced a temporary suspension on granting new holiday rental licences in the capital with immediate effect – a suspension which looks likely to hold until 2025.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWales: A Pontins holiday campsite in Prestatyn which closed last year is being touted for a sale to holiday camp chain Butlin’s.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Last-minute vacation rental bookings platform Whimstay has announced a partnership with Booking.com to expand its property offering.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Dynamic pricing and revenue management solution provider, PriceLabs, has unveiled ‘AI Insights’, its first application of Generative AI designed to transform detailed revenue management data into easy-to-understand text.

Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Online hospitality training platform Boostly has become the exclusive website design agency partner of I-PRAC [International Property Rental Approval Certification] – a collaboration that is set to inject “unparalleled trust and verification into direct booking websites”.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: More than 200 industry thought leaders, innovators and disruptors gathered for the fifth annual Shortyz Awards at Skyline London, with 20 fresh winners from across the global short-term rental industry crowned on the night [23 April 2024].