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Travellers to “spend more and book longer stays” this holiday season
Reading Time: 4 minutesUS: With the holiday season around the corner, the latest data from property management software platform Guesty suggests that travellers will still be keen to navigate the pandemic to book trips during the holidays, whether they be in drive-to destinations closer to home, rural areas, or a staycation in their own cities. Though global reservation volume […]
US winter holiday advanced bookings lag
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Figures from Guesty claim that advanced bookings for Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve have fallen by 16, 35 and 33 per cent respectively from last year. This may signal a dip in consumer confidence due to a potential winter flu and coronavirus resurgence. Summer bookings had maintained well after the reopening of US […]
New York City pushes Guesty for illegal listing information
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: In its continued efforts to limit the presence of illegal listings, New York City officials have been in talks with Israeli property management software company Guesty. The city brought a lawsuit against Guesty in March, accusing it of focusing on “helping people flout laws against short-term rentals”. At the time, the lawsuit was filed […]
What is fuelling American optimism over a vacation rental recovery?
Reading Time: 8 minutesUS: After months of lockdown, travellers’ sense of optimism and wanderlust is surging, which is being reflected by spikes in demand for vacation rentals in markets across the United States. The situation is all the more surprising in the country given 40 million Americans [at last count] are now facing redundancy and impending unemployment. The […]
New York City files lawsuit against Guesty
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: New York City has announced it is suing Israeli property management software platform Guesty over its business model, which the city says is “focused on helping people flout laws against short-term rentals”. The lawsuit against the platform was filed in a state court in Manhattan as investigators began an investigation seeking evidence and records […]
Short Stay Show predicts 2020 short-term rental trends
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Labelled as the biggest disruptor in the travel industry, the short stay sector has boomed over the past decade and shows no sign of slowing down. In London alone, City Hall acknowledged that the 2.2 million guests who stayed in short-term rentals in the year to July 2018 generated £1.3 billion for the local […]
Guesty and AirDNA reveal top ten US ski cities for “investability”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Short-term rental property management software company Guesty has teamed up with short-term rental data provider AirDNA to find out the top ten U.S. ski cities in which to invest in a vacation rental property – i.e. their “investability”. Lots of people think of pools and pina coladas when they hear the word ‘vacation’, but […]
Guesty partners with data exchange platform Journera
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Property management platform Guesty has partnered with real-time data exchange platform Journera, which aims to establish seamless travel by providing insights into guest arrivals and departures to property managers. The offering adds greater intelligence to the Guesty platform by informing property managers about expected arrival and departure times of guests as well as any […]
Guesty expands footprint into Australia
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsrael: Short-term rental property management platform Guesty has announced it has expanded its footprint into Australia. The company’s launch Down Under will grow its presence to 11 hubs around the world, including in the United Kingdom, Europe, United States, Middle East and Australia. It also has an expansion strategy to venture further into the Asia-Pacific […]
HOST 2019 interviews: Amiad Soto, Guesty
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK / Israel: Guesty CEO and co-founder, Amiad Soto, speaks to ShortTermRentalz at the inaugural HOST event in London about his company’s plans to use its $35m Series C investment and to grow the property management business over the coming year. For more information, visit the Guesty website here.