Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK / Isle of Man: STRz speaks to John Keggin, managing director of Island Escapes, the recipient of the Consumer champion award at the 2023 Shortyz Awards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada / Finland: All-in-one vacation rental software and management system, Hostaway, has announced a $175 million capital raise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: To mark World No Tobacco Day [organised by the WHO – World Health Organisation], property monitoring company Minut has launched its latest innovation – cigarette detection – to prevent indoor smoking.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFinland / Netherlands: Tech-powered short-term rental operator Bob W’s growth trajectory is continuing with openings in two of Amsterdam’s most fashionable districts.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Online real estate connection platform Modernist Estates has launched a curated collection of midcentury holiday home properties across the UK, all of which have been handpicked for their “architectural quality and histories”.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Furnished rental operator Blueground has acquired monthly furnished housing provider Nestpick, its third purchase in the last 12 months.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRz speaks to Will Parry, co-founder and CEO of ALTIDO, the recipient of the Best urban property management company award at the 2023 Shortyz Awards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: HostGPO, a procurement marketplace for vacation rental hosts, has announced that it has closed a $6 million investment round – its first outside capital to date.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK / Spain: STRz speaks to Daniela Derin, holiday rental manager at Skol Apartments Marbella and winner of the 2023 Shortyz Award for Best use of social media.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Thinking Traveller has announced a global brand redesign that will reposition the London-based firm as a ‘keyholder to places with soul’, and no longer as a ‘villa rental company’.
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