
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global corporate accommodation platform AltoVita has unveiled its new free-to-use EcoStats tool to accurately estimate the CO2 emissions for each night’s stay in any of the accommodations listed on the platform.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia / Spain: The Short Term Accommodation Association Australia [STAAA], an organisation representing short-term rental stakeholders in Australia, has strategically partnered with Sustonica, which describes itself as “a pioneer in sustainability certification”.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: AI-powered real estate technology and investment company, reAlpha, has signed a letter of intent to purchase IT consulting company United Software Group [USG].

Reading Time: 3 minutesGermany: Vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo has acquired a majority stake in KMW Reisen GmbH and Super Urlaub GmbH – the largest acquisition of its kind made by the company to date.

Reading Time: 10 minutesWorldwide: Read ahead for our predictions for the short-term rental space in 2024.

Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Hospitality revenue management software startup Smartpricing has raised €13 million in a Series C funding round, made up of €11 million in equity and €2 million in bank credit lines.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London-based luxury property management companies Veeve and UnderTheDoormat Group have merged to create “one of Europe’s largest end-to-end short-term rental businesses”.

Reading Time: 3 minutesItaly: Airbnb has agreed to pay €576 million [$621 million] to tax authorities in Italy, bringing a long-running dispute to an end.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental advocacy organisation Rent Responsibly has announced the launch of its new Rent Responsibly Network Beta.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIndia: Hospitality chain OYO has promoted deputy chief financial officer [CFO] Rakesh Kumar to the role of CFO ahead of its long-anticipated initial public offering [IPO], which had been scheduled to close before the end of 2023.