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Landing cuts 110 US jobs amid company reorganisation
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Flexible apartment living membership company Landing has announced a reorganisation of its operations, with 110 jobs cut and another 70 employees being relocated to different locations in the country.
iTrip Vacations opens new franchise in Alabama
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Short-term rental property management company iTrip Vacations has opened a new franchise in Birmingham, Alabama.
STRz podcast 8: Vector Travel’s Mickey Kropf on business models’ “reckoning”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vector Travel founder and CEO, Mickey Kropf, joins Episode 8 of the new ShortTermRentalz podcast to discuss the “reckoning” for business models in the short-term rental sector, revenue, ADR and length of stay trends, and his optimism ahead for travel as we transition out of the pure survival phase.
What is fuelling American optimism over a vacation rental recovery?
Reading Time: 8 minutesUS: After months of lockdown, travellers’ sense of optimism and wanderlust is surging, which is being reflected by spikes in demand for vacation rentals in markets across the United States. The situation is all the more surprising in the country given 40 million Americans [at last count] are now facing redundancy and impending unemployment. The […]
Airbnb opens up free temporary housing for residents affected by Hurricane Michael
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlorida: Airbnb is opening up free temporary housing for people across Northern and Central Florida in preparation for Hurricane Michael, as part of its Open Homes Program. The programme was rolled out on 8 October in Florida, Alabama and Georgia and is scheduled to be in place until 29 October at the end of the […]
Gulf Shores halts short-term rentals in multi-family zones
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: Gulf Shores City Council in Alabama approved a resolution at its last city council meeting temporarily halting the issuing of short-term rental licences. The resolution limits the licences in the R-3 and R-4 districts within the corporate limits of the city. Mayor Robert Craft read the resolution to the council and crowd at […]