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UK holiday bookings quadruple following lockdown update
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the reopening of the hospitality sector in England from 4 July, holiday bookings across the United Kingdom have quadrupled in some cases. UK citizens are booking significant numbers of staycations, with coastal counties and holiday destinations, such as Devon and Cornwall, in particular seeing notable surges in […]
Sykes’ Graham Donoghue: How to navigate Covid-19 as a business
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Sykes Holiday Cottages CEO Graham Donoghue speaks to ShortTermRentalz to provide his thoughts on how a business and the the short-term holiday let industry can navigate the testing period during the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent consequences for the travel and hospitality space. Firstly, thank you to all the customers, owners and people for […]
Sykes Holiday Cottages announces acquisition of Pure Cottages Group
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Following a fresh round of investment in late 2019, Sykes Holiday Cottage group has announced that it is set to acquire Pure Cottages Group later this year for an undisclosed sum. This adds the five major groups of Pure’s portfolio to Sykes’ existing collection of regional brands. A collection of rental agencies backed by Lloyds […]
The short-term rental industry 2020: Ones to Watch
Reading Time: 9 minutesWorldwide: Following the release of our ten predictions for the short-term rental industry in 2020 this time last week, we have identified ten figures that we believe are ‘ones to watch’ in the space over the next 12 months. Making up the list are a mixture of well-established and up-and-coming names in the short-term rental […]
Sykes Holiday Cottages secures fresh investment
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Sykes Holiday Cottages has announced it has secured fresh investment from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners to fund its plans for increased domestic and international expansion. As agreed within the transaction, Vitruvian replaces Sykes’ existing backers Livingbridge, who had worked in partnership with the company for five years. When Livingbridge first injected funding into […]