UK: Canadian private equity firm Brookfield, which owns Center Parcs, is believed to be trying to build a consortium from the remaining bidders to secure a sale of the holiday resort chain following a lengthy offer and negotiation process.
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UK / Ireland: The race to acquire holiday village chain Center Parcs and its UK & Ireland sites is heating up as new bidders prepare to submit indicative offers ahead of an initial deadline on Tuesday [20 June].
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UK: Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is set to enter the bidding to buy holiday village company Center Parcs and its UK & Ireland sites, less than a month after the business was put up for sale by Canadian private equity group Brookfield for a figure between £4 billion and £5 billion.
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Europe: In Q4 2022, guests spent around 97 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor, according to Eurostat.
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Ireland: The Irish Government has approved the priority drafting of a registration scheme as part of the Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill and the publication of the General Scheme of the Bill.
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Ireland: The Irish Government wants to find up to 20,000 holiday homes that can be allocated to housing refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, following suggestions that the current system in place is not sufficient to resolve the issue.
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Ireland: Dublin-based luxury travel operator Rochtaine has launched with a global portfolio of villas.
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Ireland: Airbnb has called for government reforms to letting laws so it can ban non-registered property owners from its platform.
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Ireland: The Irish government is considering whether to further restrict the short-term letting of houses and apartments.
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Ireland: In the second of four interviews recorded at the 2021 VITUR Summit in Malaga, STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks
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