Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Oakley City Council in California will consider allowing up to 15 unhosted short-term rentals within the city’s Downtown Specific Plan district as part of efforts to increase its visitor accommodation supply.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Travel protection platform Faye has raised $50 million in Series C funding to support its international expansion, develop its AI capabilities and grow partnerships with travel companies.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Average daily rates for short-term rentals are pacing ahead of last year for August and September, although lower forward occupancy is expected to leave revenue per available rental slightly behind 2025 levels, according to Key Data.
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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.
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