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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Streamside RV Resorts & Campgrounds has expanded its outdoor hospitality portfolio to 39 properties through a long-term investment partnership with the Clayton family in Townsend, Tennessee.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Homelessness NSW has called on the New South Wales government to introduce a 7.5 per cent levy on short-term rental bookings, claiming the measure could raise almost AUD$50 million for homelessness services.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental marketplace and technology provider Wander has acquired the team behind family organisation app Maple as it seeks to expand its direct booking platform for property managers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has appointed former Lime executive David Spielfogel as global head of public policy as Jay Carney prepares to leave the short-term rental platform.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Business financing firm Viso Business Capital has arranged approximately $25 million in Small Business Administration-backed financing for ten Casago franchise buyers acquiring former Vacasa property management territories.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental revenue per available rental [RevPAR] for September is pacing 26 per cent ahead of the same point last year, according to KeyData’s latest US Summer Index.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Travel technology company TravelAI has acquired Sonder’s trademarks and domain portfolio and relaunched Sonder.com as a discovery and booking platform for boutique hotels and professionally managed urban accommodation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNorthern Ireland: Belfast City Council has increased enforcement against short-term rental properties and is preparing new planning guidance as concerns continue over the effect of visitor accommodation on the city’s housing supply.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada: Hostaway has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointments of Robert Goldenberg as chief financial officer, Janis Rozenblats as chief product officer and Darcy Kurtz as chief marketing officer.
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