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Urban Living Festival 2025: Key takeaways for short-term rentals
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The 2025 Urban Living Festival offered a comprehensive look at the trends and challenges shaping hospitality and real estate. The two-day event began with property tours across Denmark Street, before culminating in a full day of panels, presentations, awards and networking at Mary Ward House. Across four Short Term Rentalz sessions, speakers shared insights […]
Review: Urban Living Festival takes hospitality insights to next level
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The 2024 Urban Living Festival offered a comprehensive overview of the current trends and challenges shaping the hospitality and real estate sectors.
Abode Worldwide makes three key hires
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Abode Worldwide, a specialist public relations agency in the hospitality and living sectors, has announced three key hires as it seeks to execute its ambitious growth plan.
Urban Living Festival announces new venue, format and awards
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media [IHM], a leading publisher and event organiser in the hospitality and real estate sectors [and the publisher of STRz], has announced major expansion and improvement to its flagship Urban Living Festival.
Joivy grows UK team to support expansion plans
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Joivy, described as “Europe’s first platform to combine residential solutions with services for property owners and investors, has announced that William Parry has become its general manager for UK and Ireland with immediate effect.
DoveVivo launches fully-serviced offering in Paris
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: International living platform DoveVivo has launched its first fully-serviced property for mid-to-long-term stays in Paris.
IHM launches Urban Living News website
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: International Hospitality Media [IHM], the publisher of ShortTermRentalz, has launched its latest editorial website – Urban Living News.
DoveVivo buys ALTIDO to form “Europe’s largest living operating company”
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Milan-based coliving proptech company DoveVivo has acquired ALTIDO, one of the largest short-term rental property management groups in Europe.
SmartRental to invest €100m in holiday rentals and coliving
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Madrid-based tourist apartment provider SmartRental is set to invest €100 million from its own funds and associated debt to strengthen its footprint in the holiday rental and coliving spaces as well as its expansion plans in Spain and Portugal. The investment for the company, which has just raised €25 million in funding, is planned […]
The asset-light lifestyle
Reading Time: 3 minutesMichael Kordvani looks at how coworking and the experiential economy is changing the way we live and work in urban environments. They say happiness doesn’t come from owning stuff but from getting the experience stuff can provide. If that is the truth, then sharing a coworking space in NYC is as good as making part-time […]