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Airbnb reveals global summer 2024 travel trends
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has revealed the travel trends that are likely to play out in the upcoming summer season, with global sporting events especially and understandably fuelling travel excitement.
Eurostat: 678.6m nights spent in STRs via OTAs in 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Guests spent 678.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union [EU] booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor in 2023, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Smartrenting to cease property management service
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Paris-based travel tech startup Smartrenting has announced that it is ceasing its property management service.
Airbnb to terminate Luckey concierge service in France in May
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Airbnb has announced that it will terminate its Luckey concierge service in France in May.
HUSWELL acquires Grandes Villas de France
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBelgium / France: Belgian proptech management company HUSWELL has announced the acquisition of luxury villa booking platform Grandes Villas de France.
VRMA Europe 2024: Justin Ford, Breezeway
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Justin Ford, director of short-term rental safety & certification programs at Breezeway, speaks to STRz at the 2024 VRMA European Conference in Paris.
VRMA Europe 2024: QALIA CEO Marc Ribail
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: QALIA founder and CEO, Marc Ribail, speaks to STRz at the 2024 VRMA European Conference in Paris.
Industry leaders address regulatory landscape at VRMA Europe
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Paris hosted the first Vacation Rental Management Association [VRMA] European Conference since 2019 as global short-term / vacation rental professionals gathered in Paris for an educational event building industry collaboration.
Airbnb commits to verifying 1.5m listings by end of March
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb is committing to verifying nearly 1.5 million listings across the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK and France by the end of this month, as part of its spring update.
VRMA European Conference returns in Paris this March
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: The Vacation Rental Management Association [VRMA] European Conference returns this March for its first edition in five years as global short-term / vacation rental professionals prepare to gather in Paris for an educational event building industry collaboration.