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CVC set to enter bidding to acquire Center Parcs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: 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.
2022 EU nights booked on online platforms top 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: 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.
Irish Government approves short-term rental registration scheme
Reading Time: 4 minutesIreland: 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.
Irish government targets 20k holiday homes for Ukrainian refugees
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: 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.
Rochtaine launches global luxury property portfolio
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Dublin-based luxury travel operator Rochtaine has launched with a global portfolio of villas.
Airbnb calls on Irish government to establish landlord register
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Airbnb has called for government reforms to letting laws so it can ban non-registered property owners from its platform.
Ireland mulls further restrictions on short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: The Irish government is considering whether to further restrict the short-term letting of houses and apartments.
VITUR Summit 2021: Maire Ni Mhurchu, ISCF
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: In the second of four interviews recorded at the 2021 VITUR Summit in Malaga, STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks to Maire Ni Mhurchu, chairperson of the Irish Self Catering Federation [ISCF], about how the need for advocating fair regulation of short-term rentals has developed during her time in the role, and how cities she […]
Airbnb lobbies Irish housing minister for “fair” regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Airbnb is encouraging Irish housing minister Darragh O’Brien to introduce “fair and proportionate” regulations for short-term rentals in Ireland. Historically, Airbnb has been met with criticism in Ireland, and around the world, for being perceived to increase rent costs and hold unfair advantages in competition with local businesses, due to differing levels of scrutiny and regulation. The […]
Sonder planning for further expansion in Irish market
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: San Francisco-based short-term rental operator Sonder is planning further expansion in Dublin city centre, after committing to growing its presence in Ireland to back up a better-than-anticipated summer period. Sonder recorded an average occupancy rate of over 90 per cent from August to October in its two Dublin properties, 12 months on from its […]