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Awaze closes James Villas brand as 40 jobs put at risk
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: European managed vacation rental business Awaze has announced the forthcoming closure of its James Villas brand as it focuses on the future growth of its core portfolio.
HOSPA and Awaze start revenue management training programme
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: HOSPA, the Hospitality Professionals Association, has partnered with European vacation rental and holiday resorts company, Awaze, in launching a “first-of-its-kind” training programme to develop revenue management talent for the short-term rental sector.
Vitur Summit 2022: Awaze CEO Henrik Kjellberg
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Awaze CEO Henrik Kjellberg speaks to STRz at the 2022 Vitur Summit in Malaga.
Awaze touted for $2.1bn sale by Platinum Equity
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Vacation rental and holiday resorts company, Awaze, has reportedly been put up for sale for up to £2 billion by US-based private equity firm Platinum Equity.
Rentals United unveils 2022 Top 50 Property Managers list
Reading Time: 3 minutesBarcelona: Channel manager Rentals United has announced its second annual World’s Top 50 Short Term Property Managers list. The challenges that surfaced from the pandemic have led to some striking changes from last year. In the list compiled by Rentals United, 50 companies are highlighted who are seen to be leading the way in vacation rental property management using state-of-the-art […]
Awaze buys Quality Cottages and Quality Unearthed
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vacation rental and holiday resorts operator, Awaze, is expanding its UK portfolio by buying self-catered holiday cottages company Quality Cottages and sister brand Quality Unearthed for an undisclosed sum. The purchase increases Awaze’s inventory by an additional 671 units, with the firm having recently acquired UK operators, Amberley House and Portscatho Holidays, and Danish […]
CVC invests £250m in Away Resorts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has invested £250 million in UK holiday park operator Away Resorts to secure a majority stake in the business. According to sources close to the transaction, the investment is close to four times the amount invested by buyout firm Freshstream in 2019. Away Resorts founder and chief executive, […]
Roompot to acquire Landal GreenParks
Reading Time: 2 minutesEU: About 100 holiday parks under the Landal GreenParks name is to be sold by Awaze to Roompot for an undisclosed sum. Awaze has reached a ‘definitive agreement’ on the sale of its Landal GreenParks portfolio, comprising around 100 holiday parks across Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the UK, Hungary, The Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic and […]
COSI Group acquires Friendly Rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain / Germany: Berlin-based COSI Group, a technology provider in the short-term rental sector and driver of the new ‘commercial living’ asset class, has announced the acquisition of Friendly Rentals, the largest provider for short-term rentals in Barcelona with additional properties in Valencia, Seville, and San Sebastian. In a transaction supported by boutique advisory firm AJL Atelier, COSI Group acquired 100 […]
Awaze buys three holiday rental firms in UK and Denmark
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vacation rental and holiday resorts company, Awaze, has announced the purchase of three new holiday rental firms based in the UK and Denmark. The company, which owns travel brands including Hoseasons, Cottages.com Landal GreenParks, James Villa Holidays and Novasol, is expanding in the wake of what it calls a “domestic holiday boom across the […]