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TfL publishes guidelines banning short-term rental adverts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Transport for London (TfL) has published a new set of advertising guidelines that forbid adverts on its network from encouraging hosts to flouting the city’s strict planning laws. Earlier this year, London Mayor Sadiq Khan was advised to ban such adverts on the Tube in light of short-term rental management company Hostmaker being forced […]
ShortTermRentalz launches the Shortyz Awards!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: In this video, ShortTermRentalz news editor Paul Stevens officially launches the Shortyz Awards for the short-term rental industry, which will take place in London on Wednesday 11 March 2020. You can nominate yourself, your colleague or your company for no cost by emailing shortyz@internationalhospitality.media from 1 October 2019. The award categories are listed in the […]
HOST 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minute31 October – 1 November, 2019 • Business Design Centre, London, UK • Website UK: From 31 October to 1 November 2019, The Business Design Centre in London will play host to the inaugural ‘HOST’ event, organised by Terrapinn. At a time when the global short-term rental market is set to be worth $170 billion by 2020, […]
Tipi teams up with John Lewis to create ‘rental zen’ homes
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lifestyle-led rental homes brand Tipi is opening a building in London’s Wembley Park, which it hopes will lead the way in achieving ‘rental zen’ due to the interior furnishings of the apartments. The company, which markets itself as an all-inclusive professional rental service, is a ‘Build to Rent’ or Private Rental Sector (PRS) management […]
London summer staycation trends revealed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Staycations in London are on the rise according to City Relay, one of the capital’s leading short-let property management companies. With the pound at its lowest level in years, UK citizens are increasingly choosing cheaper, hassle-free alternatives to holidaying abroad. City Relay has revealed that nearly 45 per cent of guests staying at their […]
London Airbnb host evicted and receives record fine
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: A tenant who sub-let his own council flat on Airbnb has been evicted from his home and received a record fine of £100,000 for operating it under supposedly illicit purposes. Tony Harman had listed his home as a ‘cosy studio apartment’ for rent in Victoria in central London for the last six years. The […]
London luxury lettings market receives Hollywood boost
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The luxury short-term lettings market in London and the Home Counties is seeing a surge in interest due to the weaker state of the pound and British film industry tax breaks. According to a press release by property consultancy firm Knight Frank, more and more Hollywood stars are looking to rent luxury homes in […]
ShortTermRentalz review of SAS EU 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesLondon: This week, IHM hosted Serviced Apartment Summit Europe (SAS EU) 2019 at Park Plaza Westminster in London, where the state of the short-term rental space took on a key focus. The SAS EU event, which has been hosted annually since 2013, has grown significantly in recent years and attracted more than 350 CEOs, senior […]
Calls for London Mayor to ban TfL short-term let adverts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Mayor of London is being asked to ban adverts on the Transport for London (TfL) network which appear to call on landlords to offer tourist lets only as opposed to homes for Londoners. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has put pressure on Sadiq Khan to remove the marketing campaign adverts, which were put […]
Hostmaker pulls “misguided” adverts after criticism
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: After criticism for appearing to encourage landlords to let their properties to short-let visitors only, Hostmaker has brought down “misguided” rental adverts on the TfL network. The firm, which launched in 2016, manages London-based properties that are listed on to Airbnb and other lettings platforms, had faced mounting criticism after it was found to […]