Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London-based property management company GuestReady is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence [AI] with the launch of two new AI-powered technology features.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Ireland: The race to acquire holiday village chain Center Parcs and its UK & Ireland sites is heating up as new bidders prepare to submit indicative offers ahead of an initial deadline on Tuesday [20 June].
Reading Time: 4 minutesSweden: West Sweden Tourist Board is introducing “climate-smart holidays’, a concept to offer sustainable and experience-rich holidays with minimal CO2 emissions.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK / Worldwide: Ariane Gorin, president for Expedia for Business at Expedia Group, speaks to STRz at the 2023 Short Stay Summit in London about Expedia’s upcoming One Key loyalty programme launch, what the short-term rental industry can learn about loyalty from other hospitality verticals, and her key learnings from the Summit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vacation exchange and booking platform, Holiday Swap Group, has received investment from venture capital investment firm Futurecraft Ventures.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Excitement is building for the inaugural London ShortTermRentalz Summit in partnership with Skift on Wednesday 18 October, in the second part of the content and media partnership between International Hospitality Media [the publisher of STRz] and Skift this year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Apartment-style accommodation provider Lyric is to be revived under new ownership after being acquired by Florida-based investment advisory firm Black Swan.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: A new law is set to come into effect in the Andalusian city of Seville that will make the installation of noise meters compulsory in short-term rental properties listed in certain parts of the city’s historic centre.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinland: A number of cities and municipalities across Finland have drawn up a list of proposals, published by the Building Inspection Association, for how to regulate short-term rentals more tightly in the country.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental data and analytics provider, AirDNA, has unveiled its mid-year outlook report for 2023, demonstrating that the industry continues to thrive as consumers prioritise travel despite economic uncertainties.
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