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Travel and hospitality helps earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
Reading Time: 5 minutesTurkey / Syria: The editorial team at IHM [publisher of ShortTermRentalz] highlight the charitable relief efforts of companies across the travel and hospitality landscape in response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Key Data partners with Amadeus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Short-term renal data provider Key Data Dashboard has partnered with travel and hospitality technology platform Amadeus to combine forward-looking business for hotels, vacation rentals and airlines.
A new reality for travel and hospitality: STRz 2023 predictions
Reading Time: 11 minutesWorldwide: Read our predictions for the global short-term rental industry in 2023.
European Commission STR data-sharing proposal to “enhance transparency”
Reading Time: 5 minutesEurope: As anticipated, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for regulation that is designed to “enhance transparency” and “help public authorities ensure the balanced development” of a sustainable tourism sector.
European Commission set to propose data-sharing rules for STR platforms
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The European Commission is set to introduce a proposal next week that would require the major short-term rental booking platforms to provide data on the number of users using their services and on the total nights they stay in listings to national authorities.
Booking.com and CHOOOSE partner for “mindful” travel vision
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Amsterdam-based online travel agency Booking.com has strategically partnered with Norwegian climatetech company CHOOOSE as part of their shared vision to make it easier for everyone to travel more “mindfully”.
Booking.com cites hiring “complexities” for Iranian job withdrawals
Reading Time: 2 minutesIran / Netherlands: Online travel agency Booking.com has revealed that it had to withdraw a “small number” of job offers that were made to prospective employees in Iran earlier this year due to “complexities” that it uncovered in its international hiring process.
Eurostat: 2022 platform tourism levels surpass 2019 figures
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union [EU], has revealed that guests spent around 199 million nights in short-term rental accommodation booked via Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia or Tripadvisor in the EU in the first half of 2022.
JP Morgan Chase to offer full service travel agency
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: JP Morgan is putting together a full service travel business, which could make it the third largest travel agent in the world.
Booking.com expected to cut 3000 jobs worldwide
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmsterdam: Online travel agency Booking.com has announced that it plans to cut up to 3000 jobs worldwide due to a reorganisation of the company