Duve introduces DuveAI to revolutionise guest experience

Reading Time: 3 minutesIsrael: Tel Aviv-based guest experience platform Duve has announced that it is planning to release its latest innovation for guest experience management, DuveAI.
Primestone Partners announces Zenya acquisition

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Advisory and housing solutions firm, Primestone Partners, has acquired corporate rental technology provider Zenya.
Guest engagement platform Akia raises $6m in Series A funding

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Guest engagement platform Akia has announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding to scale its automation technology.
Breezeway raises $15m in Series B funding round

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Property care and guest experience platform, Breezeway, has announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding to accelerate its growth.
Xplorie bolsters team with trio of key new hires

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Guest experience solution Xplorie has announced that it is growing its team with three new appointments.
Enso Connect hires Galantini as head of sales

Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Enso Connect, a guest experience platform for professional property managers and hoteliers, has announced the hiring of Nicolas Galantini as its head of sales.
Short Stay Summit 2022 preview Q+A: Matthew Loney, Xplorie

Reading Time: 5 minutesUS: STRz speaks to Matthew Loney, president and CEO of Xplorie, to learn more about guest expectations and technology within the short-term rental market and future growth plans.
Jetstream and Enso Connect team up to digitise guest interactions

Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: All-in-one technology platform Jetstream Hospitality Solutions has partnered with guest experience platform Enso Connect to digitise all guest interactions.
From survival to revival: STRz 2022 predictions

Reading Time: 10 minutesWorldwide: After consecutive years of pandemic-induced turbulence, making my short-term rental predictions for 2022 has arguably never been as challenging. Even now, the surfacing of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus threatens to put the brakes on the recovery of an industry that has been decimated by closures and stringent regulations. And yet, unlike […]
VITUR Summit 2021: Brian Hamaoui + Matt Loney, GuestX

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: In the third interview recorded at the 2021 VITUR Summit in Malaga, STRz editor Paul Stevens spoke to GuestX podcast co-hosts Brian Hamaoui and Matt Loney about how the guest experience has evolved as travel returns amid the pandemic, their reasons for attending VITUR in the first place, and their main conclusions from the […]