Badi: What to look out for when renting in London

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK / London: AI room rental platform Badi has pulled together a list of tips to spot rogue flat listings and landlords when looking for a new home and crucial advice on how to avoid them. More than 5.2 million renters have lost money to rental scams by dodgy landlords. By 2025, it is predicted […]
City Relay unveils City Relay Solutions rebranding

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: London-based property management company City Relay unveiled its latest brand, City Relay Solutions, at the Short Stay Show at ExCeL London. The company has been operating for the last five years as it seeks to “deliver operational excellence to hospitality clients in London”. The 80-strong team of employees at City Relay Solutions works […]
Winners announced at inaugural Shortyz Awards ceremony in London

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The 13 winners at the inaugural Shortyz Awards have been announced at a glittering ceremony aboard Bateaux London on the River Thames, after much anticipation from the global short-term rental community. More than 150 attendees filled the boat for an initial drinks reception complete with canapés with a tangible sense of excitement for the […]
Hostmaker enters administration: London-based team made redundant

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: London-based short-term let property management company Hostmaker has gone into administration, a week after news of the firm’s potential insolvency first broke in the Sunday Times newspaper. The administration has prompted redundancies for the entirety of Hostmaker’s London-based team, and Houst [formerly Airsorted] is now believed to have bought the company’s client base. The […]
Smiling House Luxury’s Moriya Rockman looks ahead to the Shortyz 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Smiling House Luxury’s founder chief of marketing, Moriya Rockman, talks to ShortTermRentalz at the first-ever More Bookings Direct Conference in London about her key takeaways from the event and her excitement for the inaugural Shortyz Awards on Wednesday 11 March 2020, following her shortlisting for the Pioneer Award. The first More Bookings Direct Conference […]
Transparent: London revealed as Europe’s largest vacation rental market

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: With almost 68,000 vacation rental properties, London leads the European market by nearly 20,000 units and is home to over 100,000 bedrooms, according to a Transparent survey. As a mature short-term rental market, the UK capital hosts around 38,000 one bed properties, with two bed accommodations accounting for 25 per cent of its total […]
Blueground debuts in London and Paris

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Extended-stay apartment rental firm Blueground has launched its offerings in London and Paris for the first time. The company’s inventory is spread across different apartment buildings within a city, typically with one or two per property. The minimum stay for its rentals is currently 30 days, however the average stay for travellers stands between […]
#TheShortyz 2020 shortlists: Pioneer Award

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ShortTermRentalz is delighted to reveal the thirteenth and final shortlist for #TheShortyz on 11 March 2020: Pioneer Award, sponsored by NoiseAware. For more information, visit our Shortyz event website at the link here. The winners will be decided by a public vote on the Shortyz website at the link here. The vote will stay […]
#TheShortyz 2020 shortlists: Rising Star

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ShortTermRentalz is delighted to reveal the twelfth shortlist for #TheShortyz on 11 March 2020: The Rising Star Award. For more information, visit our Shortyz event website at the link here. The winners will be decided by a public vote on the Shortyz website at the link here. The vote will stay open until 6pm […]
#TheShortyz 2020 shortlists: Best property management company

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ShortTermRentalz is delighted to reveal the eleventh shortlist for #TheShortyz on 11 March 2020: Best property management company, sponsored by GUARDHOG. For more information, visit our Shortyz event website at the link here. The winners will be decided by a public vote on the Shortyz website at the link here. The vote will stay […]