Reading Time: 4 minutesWorldwide: Allen Boening, co-founder and CEO of home exchange marketplace Swapdesk, explores how artificial intelligence [AI] and automation will change how people find accommodation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: New South Wales-based short-term rental operator Alloggio Group has made its latest acquisition in the form of Pokolbin-based holiday rental management company Weekenda.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGermany / Netherlands: Digital hospitality platform NUMA Group has announced the acquisition of Dutch serviced apartment platform YAYS from Proprium Capital Partners.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global corporate accommodation booking agent Situ has announced the acquisition of the full technology stack of short-term rental software company Rentivo.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: The French Senate has approved measures to implement tougher taxation on short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb in order to address a perceived “distortion of competition” compared to the country’s hotel sector.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Southport-based asset management company Seventy Ninth Group has agreed terms to buy two holiday parks in Scotland for acquisition and subsequent redevelopment.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Shortyz Awards are introducing a new ‘Team of the Year’ category for 2024, ahead of the holding of the fifth edition of the event in April.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Indian hospitality chain OYO is aiming to add 500 holiday homes to its portfolio in Dubai in 2024 in order to cater to growing demand for flexible-term accommodations from digital nomads.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Barcelona-based channel management solution Rentals United has launched the Channelizer, a no-cost tool to help property managers discover the best channels for their properties.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The ongoing missed opportunity to solve the housing crisis was laid bare today by new research, conducted by the UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA], that revealed councils have identified almost two million unbuilt homes that are ‘deliverable’ in England.
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