
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: The short-term rental industry continues to embrace technology and fuel its evolution, while a reluctant minority of property managers have resigned themselves to an analogue future, research by Breezeway reveals.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental data and analytics provider, AirDNA, is answering the question “Where should I invest in vacation rentals?” with its new Ranked by AirDNA series, providing monthly rankings for US markets to equip investors with revenue-maximising strategies.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Global corporate accommodation platform AltoVita claimed another short-term rental accolade at the eighth annual Serviced Apartment Awards in London, at a gala dinner presentation at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance / Spain: Le Collectionist CEO Max Aniort speaks to STRz at the 2023 Vitur Summit in Málaga about how the company’s €60 million raise feeds into its overall strategy, the possibilities for further M&A activity, and the latest trends in the luxury space.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / Brazil: Travel tech marketplace Mondee has acquired Brazilian B2B travel provider Interep [Interep Representações Viagens E Turismo S.A.] for $8.9 million.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hospitality tech company Jurny is rolling out its latest and most robust operating system to date – JurnyOS 2.0 is powered by GPT-4 and features dynamic AI tools designed to connect, optimise and automate operational tasks and guest management.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday village company Center Parcs has been put up for sale by Canadian private equity group Brookfield for a figure between £4 billion and £5 billion, people familiar with the matter told The Financial Times.

Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: After eight years as a marketplace for professional cleaning services, Portuguese startup Doinn has launched its software-as-a-service [SaaS] solution for the cleaning and hospitality markets.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Three months after notching a first-ever annual profit in Q4, Airbnb has reiterated its focus on affordability, supply growth and product and service expansion for the foreseeable future in its latest Q1 earnings report.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain / UK: Plum Guide CEO Doron Meyassed speaks to STRz at the 2023 Vitur Summit in Málaga about his highlights of the event, winning two Shortyz awards, the company’s home curation process and the incorporation of generative AI in its platform.