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Vacasa launches Florida community association management services
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Property management platform Vacasa has launched community association management services in Florida after signing its first association in the state, Shell Harbor Inn Resort & Club. The company is contracted to provide Shell Harbor Inn Resort & Club homeowners with a full suite of community association management services including administrative, accounting, debt management and […]
Love Rentals and market concentration in Florida: Brian Hamaoui, CiiRUS
Reading Time: 4 minutesUS: ShortTermRentalz spoke to Brian Hamaoui, vice president of Love Florida at CiiRUS Vacation Rental Software, about his company’s newly-created program, “Love Rentals” and the challenges associated with concentration in key U.S target markets such as Florida. What is the Love Rentals program and how will this be of interest to the short-term rental industry, […]
iTrip Vacations adds Treasure Coast to portfolio
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: iTrip Vacations has made iTrip Vacations Treasure Coast in Florida the latest addition to its vacation rental property management portfolio. The vacation property management company, which is owned by Travis and Karin Burton, serves rental owners and guests from Palm Beach Gardens to Fort Pierce. The full-service program places a focus on increasing net […]
Vacasa completes purchase of Sterling Resorts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: VRM Intel has reported that Vacasa has purchased Sterling Resorts, one of the largest vacation rental management companies on the Florida Gulf Coast. The management company currently manages 450 homes spanning across destinations along the Gulf Coast, following its previous purchase by Pacifica Companies in 2015. Since that time, Sterling Resorts has reported no […]
iTrip Vacations launches latest market in Florida
Reading Time: 2 minutesFlorida: iTrip Vacations has launched its latest market in Florida for its vacation rental management portfolio. iTrip Vacations Key West, which is owned by Scott and Tina Reichard, has launched as the latest iTrip Vacations destination, meaning vacation property owners and guest in the lower and middle Keys will be able to benefit from the […]
Florida’s Bay Gardens adds Waters Edge to portfolio
Reading Time: 2 minutesFlorida: Bay Gardens Resorts, an operated family of hotels, has added a private luxury villa vacation rental facility called Waters Edge to its portfolio. The facility includes two villas surrounded by tropical gardens with views of the Rodney Bay Marina. It arrives after Bay Gardens opened the 35-room Bay Gardens Marina Haven last summer. Managing […]
Airbnb reaches settlement with Aimco over sub-leasing action
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A lawsuit taken by Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco) against Airbnb has been settled before a scheduled trial in Florida. Aimco, the United States’ largest apartment rental group, wanted to stop the rental platform from listing the company’s apartments on its website, citing a ban on sub-leasing its properties. It filed suit in […]
Jacksonville Airbnb community welcomes record numbers of guests
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJacksonville: Airbnb has announced its host community in Jacksonville welcomed a record 1,600 guests and earned a combined $300,000 over the weekend. This coincided with Saturday’s American college football match between Florida and Georgia, which has long been hyped as a noteworthy sporting rivalry. Airbnb reported that the weekend’s festivities meant Jacksonville was one of […]
Draft ordinance would restrict short-term rentals to commercial areas in Florida parish
Reading Time: 2 minutesFlorida: Short-term rentals are set to prohibited in residential-zoned areas of unincorporated St Tammany Parish under a proposed ordinance to be put before the parish council. The ordinance says each short-term rental would be on the hook for a $1,000 annual licence fee from the parish and the money collected would help to finance the […]
Airbnb opens up free temporary housing for residents affected by Hurricane Michael
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlorida: Airbnb is opening up free temporary housing for people across Northern and Central Florida in preparation for Hurricane Michael, as part of its Open Homes Program. The programme was rolled out on 8 October in Florida, Alabama and Georgia and is scheduled to be in place until 29 October at the end of the […]