Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: The Sirreti Group, a community for the luxury and ultra-luxury vacation rental industry, will launch The Sirreti List this spring to showcase “exceptional” vacation rentals which have met the Sirreti accreditation standard, and as such are considered to be amongst the very best in the world.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: On Monday [8 April], North America witnessed a total solar eclipse, an event starting on Mexico’s Pacific coast, traversing through Texas, sweeping across 14 other US states, and exiting over Canada. Such a rare astronomical event had short-term rental hosts gearing up for a day when the sun’s absence would be their brightest moment.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: The 20 shortlists for the 2024 Shortyz Awards have been announced – congratulations to all who made it to the shortlists!
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: Amsterdam-based travel tech startup and social travel platform, Stippl, has announced that it has raised €575,000 in additional funding to curate experiences and travel planning driven by generative AI and accelerate its growth in Europe.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Guests spent 678.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union [EU] booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor in 2023, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hospitality group CoralTree Hospitality, which develops and manages independent hotels and resorts, has debuted its CoralTree Residence Collection, offering a portfolio of vacation rentals and residential resorts under management in Colorado and Hawaii.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vacation rental property management software provider 365Villas has launched ‘Long-Stay Logic’, giving vacation rental managers the opportunity to switch seamlessly between short and extended stays for the first time.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Dingdandao [ Smart Order ], known in China as DingDanLaiLe, an alternative accommodation PMS solution provider for short-term / vacation rentals, has announced that it has received fresh strategic investment.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Airbnb has informed its hosts and guests that it is updating its Extenuating Circumstances Policy and changing its name to a revised Major Disruptive Events Policy, effective from 6 June 2024, to make it “easier to understand” for everyone.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: The 20 shortlists for the 2024 Shortyz Awards will be officially unveiled on Thursday 4 April at 3pm BST.
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