
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Property monitoring company Minut has announced its latest integration with property management software Avantio.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Barcelona-based vacation rental channel management solution Rentals United has published a free channel handbook for luxury property managers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Regional data for 2022 on guest nights spent in short-term rental accommodation booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor shows that the overall growth of platform tourism since pre-pandemic times is spread unevenly across Europe.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Topkey, a financial operating system for short-term rental property managers, has announced that it has raised $5.2 million in seed round funding.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: Short-term rental data provider Key Data has become the exclusive data partner of the Greek association for short-term rental property managers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Holiday park owner and operator, G’day Group, has announced the appointment of David Hassan as its new chief technology officer [CTO].

Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: IHM’s Urban Living Festival [ULF] returns for its third edition on 5-6 July 2023 as CEOs, ‘best of breed’ speakers and attendees, sponsors and solution providers come together to collectively share best practice, network, map the industry’s future and do business from right across the travel, hospitality and real estate landscape.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Munich-based LODGEA, a tech provider for the short-term rental and hospitality industry, has announced the launch of the LODGEA Marketplace, as it seeks to “revolutionise” e-commerce for short-term rentals and hotels.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks to Black Swan’s Zachary Tombley and Daniel Sodroski, as well as Lyric founder Andrew Kitchell, about the reasons behind Black Swan’s acquisition of Lyric, what it means for the wider hospitality landscape, and their vision for the new iteration of the company.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS / Spain: John An, founder and CEO of TechTape, speaks to STRz at the 2023 Short Stay Week in Barcelona about addressing pain points and tech fragmentation in the industry, how regulation is driving advocacy efforts, and his reasons for attending the event.