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Airbnb unveils trending destinations for 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Airbnb has unveiled its 25 trending destinations for guests to visit in 2025.
Airbnb festive ‘Santastrophe’ advert mocks hotels
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has released its first-ever specialised advert for the festive season, in which it shows a frantic Santa Claus experience a ‘Santastrophe’ navigating a hotel to deliver presents, in comparison with a much smoother experience at a short-term rental Airbnb listing.
Rentals United launches Screen & Protect service
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Vacation rental channel manager Rentals United has launched Screen & Protect, a property protection service that allows hosts to verify guests during the booking process and provides compensation of up to €50,000.
Hostaway appoints chief revenue officer to drive next growth phase
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Vacation rental property management software Hostaway has announced the appointment of Cassie Fields as its new chief revenue officer [CRO].
Enso Connect unveils AI-powered Unified Inbox update
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Guest management platform Enso Connect, which helps short-term rentals and boutique hotels to digitise and monetise guest experience, has announced a major update to its AI-powered Unified Inbox.
New STR regulations to come into effect in Nova Scotia
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: New short-term rental regulations are due to come into effect in the Eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia on 30 September.
Sumitomo Mitsui Card to create travel loyalty portal with Hopper
Reading Time: 2 minutesJapan / Canada: Sumitomo Mitsui Card [SMCC], the leading credit card issuer in Japan and part of SMBC Group, has joined forces with Hopper Technology Solutions [HTS] to create a travel loyalty portal for SMCC customers.
Casai.com surpasses 2.5k bookings within 100 days of launch
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Three months after TravelAI acquired the Casai.com domain, the re-launched brand has surpassed more than 2500 bookings from “hundreds of thousands” of visitors, according to the company.
Hostaway launches dynamic pricing tool for PMs
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Global vacation rental property management software Hostaway has announced the launch of its dynamic pricing tool.
AirDNA: Total solar eclipse leads to occupancy surges in US cities
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: On Monday [8 April], North America witnessed a total solar eclipse, an event starting on Mexico’s Pacific coast, traversing through Texas, sweeping across 14 other US states, and exiting over Canada. Such a rare astronomical event had short-term rental hosts gearing up for a day when the sun’s absence would be their brightest moment.