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Guesty AI agents: Transforming short-term rental management
Reading Time: < 1 minute[Sponsored content] Discover how Guesty’s AI agents are helping property managers automate everyday tasks, improve guest communication and make more informed decisions as their businesses grow.
TravelAI’s Sonder strategy: Urban stays, AI and a $100m target
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: In the latest episode of The Short Scoop, STRz editor Priya Khaira speaks to TravelAI co-founder and CEO John Lyotier about the company’s acquisition of the Sonder name, trademarks and domain portfolio, and what comes next for the well-known accommodation brand.
This could be your workday with a team of AI agents
Reading Time: 3 minutes[Sponsored Content]: In this sponsored feature, Guesty explains how AI agents can help property managers reduce manual work and keep operations running around the clock.
Abode Luxury Rentals adopts storytelling strategy for AI travel search
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Abode Luxury Rentals has created individual fictional narratives for almost 200 vacation homes as part of a strategy intended to differentiate its portfolio and strengthen its visibility within AI-generated travel recommendations.
Faye raises $50m to expand AI-powered travel protection platform
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.
TravelAI acquires Sonder brand and relaunches Sonder.com
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.
The real ROI of guest communication: The link between higher ADR and five-star reviews
Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: For years, operators have evaluated AI by the hours it saves. A six-month analysis of HostBuddy properties suggests we have been watching the wrong number.
Putting guest messaging on autopilot: Affitti Brevi Italia partners with Aeve AI
Reading Time: 3 minutesAeve AI explains how its partnership with Affitti Brevi Italia is helping the short-term rental operator automate routine guest messaging.
Beyond expands AI offering with revenue management tools
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Revenue management platform Beyond has launched a suite of AI-powered tools designed to help automate pricing, optimise listings and streamline operations.
Conduit introduces AI platform for the hospitality industry
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Artificial intelligence-powered hospitality technology company Conduit has launched a new platform designed to automate daily operations across hotels, serviced apartments and short-term rentals.