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STRz Summit 2023 session focus: A sustainable future
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: In our fourth session focus feature ahead of the inaugural STRz Summit in London on Wednesday 18 October, we evaluate what the future holds for sustainability in the short-term rental and travel / hospitality landscape, and the extent to which companies are committed to this goal.
Booking Holdings’ Hungarian office raided by competition watchdog
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHungary: National competition watchdog GVH raided the Budapest office of Booking Holdings on Wednesday as part of a probe into the online accommodation booking and service market in Hungary.
Bibby Stockholm Booking.com listing revealed as hoax
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A listing purporting to offer a stay aboard the UK Government’s controversial Bibby Stockholm barge for asylum seekers has been revealed as a hoax.
STRz Summit 2023 session focus: The future of travel payments
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: In our third session focus feature ahead of the inaugural STRz Summit in London on Wednesday 18 October, we dive into the world of travel payment solutions.
Booking.com set for expedited fee probe by watchdog in Hungary
Reading Time: 3 minutesHungary: The Hungarian competition watchdog [GVH] is set to launch an expedited probe against Booking.com due to debts owned to hosts and other property owners in the country.
OTAs miss out on European digital gatekeeper list
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Online travel agencies [OTAs] have failed to meet the thresholds to be considered digital ‘gatekeepers’ as part of the European Digital Markets Act [DMA], for the time being at least.
Eurostat: Uneven EU growth in platform tourism in Q1
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Regional data for 2022 on guest nights spent in short-term rental accommodation booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor shows that the overall growth of platform tourism since pre-pandemic times is spread unevenly across Europe.
Vitur Summit 2023: Eric Bergaglia, Booking.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands / Spain: Eric Bergaglia, senior director – global head of accommodations segments at Booking.com, speaks to STRz at the 2023 Vitur Summit in Málaga about the company’s record-breaking Q1 results, the top guest priorities in the current economic context, and how Booking.com is seeking to attract new hosts.
2023 Shortyz Awards interviews: Steven Gill, Booking.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRz speaks to Steven Gill, area manager UK & Ireland, Booking.com, at the 2023 Shortyz Awards.
Airbnb suspends all bookings in Myanmar
Reading Time: 2 minutesMyanmar: Airbnb has suspended hosting at all of its existing listings in Myanmar in response to the implementation of strict new laws in the country prohibiting foreign tourists from staying at unregistered guesthouses or hotels.