Tag: leadership

Stayterra announces leadership appointments

Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Vacation rental management platform Stayterra has announced changes to its leadership team. Michael Toscano was appointed chief financial officer. He joined the business with more than 25 years of finance and strategic planning experience in the travel, hospitality and consumer services sectors. Toscano previously served as CFO of dancker and earlier spent eight years […]

Casago appoints David Angotti as Chief Digital Officer

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Casago has appointed David Angotti as Chief Digital Officer as the company accelerates its digital transformation following the acquisition of Vacasa’s operations earlier this year. Angotti will take responsibility for the team managing Vacasa.com, which Casago is repositioning as a best-in-class direct-booking engine operated fully in-house. The company said the move is intended to […]

Key insights and takeaways from the STRz Summit 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: The third STRz Summit returned to London on 5 November, bringing together senior leaders, policy specialists, investors, operators and technologists from across the global short term rental sector. Held at the Bankside Hotel, the event explored the forces shaping performance, regulation, capital flows, operating models and traveller behaviour. Across the day, a clear message […]

Davidson replaced as board chairperson at Sonder

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental apartment management company Sonder has announced a number of key changes to its board of directors with immediate effect, including co-founder and CEO, Francis Davidson, being replaced as board chairperson.

SCALE Show 2024: Abode Worldwide CEO Jessica Gillingham

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Jessica Gillingham, founder and CEO of Abode Worldwide, speaks to STRz at the recent SCALE Show in Barcelona.

My take on Chesky: Handling of layoffs proves empathy belongs anywhere

Reading Time: 11 minutesUS: Three months ago, Airbnb had more than three million hosts and seven million listings worldwide. CEO and co-founder, Brian Chesky, stood on the cusp of taking the company public. The San Francisco-based startup that launched in 2008 as a “couch surfing” letting service [AirBed and Breakfast] has since expanded into a travel behemoth that […]

Cervus’ Chris Mumford: Leading through crisis, inspiration from Churchill

Reading Time: 5 minutesWorldwide: Cervus Leadership Consulting founder Chris Mumford explores how businesses can take inspiration from the leadership of the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to guide them through times of crisis such as these. In times of trouble people instinctively look to their elders to guide them, to console them, and to offer hope. A child […]