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Airbnb unveils global campaign to take on hotels
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has unveiled its latest ‘Get an Airbnb’ marketing campaign, featuring a series of animated short films that emphasise why the short-term rental platform is a better booking option than a hotel stay.
Expedia Group “terminates” supply partnership with Hopper
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS / Canada: Expedia Group has terminated its vacation rental and hotel supply relationship with online travel agency [OTA] rival Hopper, accusing the latter of “exploiting consumer anxiety and confusing customers”.
AltoVita expands accommodation network to seven million units
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Global corporate lodging platform AltoVita has extended its accommodation network from one million units to seven million units.
Airbnb suspends all bookings in Myanmar
Reading Time: 2 minutesMyanmar: Airbnb has suspended hosting at all of its existing listings in Myanmar in response to the implementation of strict new laws in the country prohibiting foreign tourists from staying at unregistered guesthouses or hotels.
OTA Insight names Bhogaraju as new COO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Cloud-based hospitality business intelligence platform OTA Insight has appointed Vivek Bhogaraju as its new chief operating officer [COO].
Competition heats up for leisure guests between hotels and STRs
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A new joint report from hospitality data supplier STR and short-term rental analytics provider AirDNA shows that competition between short-term rentals and hotels has accelerated in the fight for leisure guests
Guesty buys YieldPlanet and launches Distribution Hub
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / Israel: Property management platform Guesty has acquired hotel-focused revenue and distribution platform, YieldPlanet.
Hilton pokes fun at rentals with brand platform launch
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Global hotel brand Hilton has poked fun at short-term / vacation rentals in the launch of its first global brand platform – ‘Hilton. For The Stay’.
Russia – Ukraine crisis: Aftershocks in travel and hospitality
Reading Time: 11 minutesRussia / Ukraine: Eloise Hanson and Paul Stevens analyse the aftershocks of the war in Ukraine and what it means for the travel and hospitality industries.
OTA Insight announces acquisition of Transparent
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Spain: Hospitality business intelligence platform OTA Insight has completed the acquisition of Madrid-based vacation rental market intelligence company Transparent.