Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has reported an optimistic outlook for travel demand, after recording its most profitable second quarter to date in its latest earnings call.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The Labour Party is seeking to close tax loopholes that enable second homeowners to avoid paying council tax, according to The Telegraph.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS / Israel: Digital travel insurance startup Faye Travel Insurance has released its latest survey findings regarding what 2,000 American travellers fear most this season and how they are planning for the future of travel.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: American Express Travel is piloting a new vacation rental program, Select Homes + Retreats, to complement the brand’s existing Fine Hotels + Resorts and Hotel Collection program offerings.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Catherine Powell, global head of hosting at Airbnb, and Rich Serino, a former deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], have joined Airbnb.org’s board of directors.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: King’s Business School and the hospitality sector’s Energy and Environment Alliance [EEA] are launching an executive education programme developed with input from industry leaders to help them to embed environmental, social and governance [ESG] measures in their businesses.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTürkiye: Ministers in Türkiye are planning to introduce tighter regulation for the country’s short-term rental industry, in a bid to ensure equality in competition with hotels and other accommodation providers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Full-service residential hospitality company Sentral has announced that its board of directors has promoted Lisa Yeh to president, effective from today [1 August].
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustria: Vienna-based proptech startup InovaReal, which seeks to digitise the entire process of renting, selling and investing in real estate, has announced that it has raised €250,000 in pre-seed funding.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday village chain Center Parcs has revealed it is revisiting plans to operate a sixth site in the UK, despite the company’s ongoing sale process.
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