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Glasgow consults on short-term let licence exemption for Commonwealth Games
Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotland: Glasgow City Council is considering temporarily suspending the requirement for short-term let licences during the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as the city prepares for a significant increase in accommodation demand.
Demand surges in UK for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Demand across the UK is up 48 per cent for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, according to short-term rental data and analytics provider, AirDNA.
STRz COP26 preview: Part Two
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: For Part Two of a special COP26-themed podcast, STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks to three leading sustainable tourism advocates and experts about why the short-term rental industry should be keeping a close eye on COP26 and what they hope will have been achieved by the end of the historic UN Climate Change Conference. On […]
STRz COP26 preview: Part One
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor Part One of a special COP26-themed podcast, STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks to three leading sustainable tourism advocates and experts about their backgrounds and entries into the short-term rental industry, how the conversation around sustainability has shifted during the pandemic, and how organisations such as Tourism Declares A Climate Emergency are sending out a […]
Airbnb offers “welcome bonus” for COP26 hosts in Glasgow
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Ahead of November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, Airbnb is offering a financial incentive to hosts in Glasgow to welcome guests and increase the accommodation capacity for the global event. It comes in response to concerns of a shortage of accommodation during COP26, with around 30,000 government representatives, media and […]
Sonder seeks growth in major Scottish markets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sonder has signed its first Glasgow property and plans to further grow its presence in Scotland. San Francisco-based Sonder Hotels currently has a single property in Scotland, the 30-unit Royal Garden Apartments in Edinburgh’s New Town. It will open its first Glasgow property, a 41-unit managed service apartment block in the Finnieston area, in […]
Glasgow seeks court enforcement of Airbnb ban
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Glasgow City Council is seeking a first-of-its-kind court interdict to shut a short-term rental property which will not comply with enforcement. A property on Victoria Road in Glasgow’s southside was ordered to shut last year after complaints of noise and anti-social behaviour but is still being advertised. Let out by Ahmed Boutoubane, the property […]