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France plans to ban energy inefficient homes from short-term rental market
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: The French government is aiming to ban poorly-insulated housing from being listed on short-term rental platforms, the country’s junior minister for housing and cities said this week.
ICARE Group announces international expansion plans
Reading Time: 1 minuteFrance: Paris-based startup ICARE Group has announced the launch of its new ORION software for property managers as it prepares to scale internationally.
AirDNA: Rates and travel patterns normalise in record European summer
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The summer of 2022 saw a full recovery from the pandemic in Europe, with 3.5 per cent more nights stayed in a short-term rental in June, July and August than in 2019, according to AirDNA.
onefinestay relaunches Paris Home Collection
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Luxury private rental brand onefinestay has relaunched its Paris Home Collection.
Flatio acquires digital nomad housing platform flOasis
Reading Time: 2 minutesCzechia / Belgium: Brno-based mid-term letting platform Flatio has announced the acquisition of flOasis, a housing provider for remote workers.
GreenGo raises €1.2m to lead way in sustainable tourism
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Eco-friendly booking platform GreenGo has announced that it has raised €1.2 million in its first round of funding to lead the way in sustainable tourism in France.
A.M.A Selections to launch luxury booking platform
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Premier vacation rental company A.M.A Selections is launching a new booking platform this month to disrupt the ‘browse and book’ model in the luxury travel space.
IHM Recharge 2022: Sam Barrell, Sonder
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Sonder’s Sam Barrell discusses his company’s launch in France, the blurring of asset classes, and his highlights of IHM’s Recharge 2022 event in Paris.
Minut continues global expansion with France launch
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden / France: Property monitoring company Minut is continuing its global expansion by announcing its official launch in France. With France representing the second largest Airbnb market in the world [after the USA] and Paris regularly ranking in the top three most popular cities among tourists globally, the company is expanding into France to support hosts […]
Sportihome closes €2m funding round
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Montpellier-based sports tourism startup Sportihome, which wants to become the go-to platform for sporting holidays in France, has closed a €2 million investment round. The round was led by alternative investment fund Accurafy 4 [which specialises in scaling up digital startups], Nathalie Simon [ TV presenter and former windsurfing champion], la Banque des Territoires […]