Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Smart guest monitoring solution Alertify has introduced a guest verification portal called Welcome Link, aimed at transforming the guest verification process for hosts, property managers and hoteliers respectively.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy has revealed that it is now testing a search with AI tool that will match travellers with their perfect home and destination based on a natural language search describing their desired vacation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / US: Expedia Group vacation rental brand Vrbo has unveiled both its 2024 Holiday Homes of the Year in the UK, and its 2024 US Vacation Rentals of the Year, featuring the most “remarkable” holiday homes / vacation rentals in both countries.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vertically-integrated, artificial intelligence [AI]-powered property management solution Jurny has introduced its AI multi-agent system to automate short-term rental and hotel operations.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Villa and boutique hotel specialist, Simpson Travel, has received private equity backing as Risk Capital Partners announced that it had bought an undisclosed stake in the company.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: ShortTermRentalz’ popular ‘Pitch to Paul’ Dragons’ Den / Shark Tank-style webinar returns for its fifth edition as three more short-term rental, travel and hospitality startups pitch for potential investment [Tuesday 26 March 4pm GMT].
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental software provider Hospitable has launched the Hospitable Conference 2024 to boost the Book Direct movement in vacation rentals.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Short-term rental industry associations advocating for the sector have warned of the impact of scrapping tax relief for holiday lets, which was recently announced by the government as part of its Spring Budget 2024.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Almost 400 entries were received from around the world for the 2024 Shortyz Awards, following the closure of the submissions period last week.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Airbnb has announced that it will terminate its Luckey concierge service in France in May.
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